Washington - Decisive Naval Force CarvingABOUT THIS CARVING Full Inscription: Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive. And with it, everything honourable and glorious. George Washington Origins: Although the defeat of British General Cornwallis at Yorktown on October 19, 1781, is now largely credited with bringing about the end of the American Revolutionary War (culminating with the Treaty of Paris in 1783). Washington could not know this when, while home at Mount Vernon,

Full Inscription: I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately

will appreciate having this carving on display in their home

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and by means of his possessions

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Painstakingly finished and carved of premium quartersawn white oak

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and when you taste a vintage

Few things are as emotionally powerful as the feelings associated with home and family

the one that has survived the test of time (and which is inscribed at the Unites States Navy Memorial in Washington