Plucking the Eagle's Wings

Prophecies Involving America's Presidents

President of the United States. His words from Scripture that day calmed the angry mob. They were printed and people read them across the nation. Without realizing it, Garfield had planted seeds for his destiny by quoting Scripture. Stories like this about many American Presidents could fill a book. One such story that once appeared in our history books before being censored by revisionists concerns George Washington. The Bulletproof George Washington This is an excerpt from my book, Anointed With Favor . It tells how God's protection was upon Washington's life. "He was a man of destiny. A strange, historical account reveals that even bullets could not kill him. In a letter to his mother, he acknowledged God's providence and protection. This man was George Washington, the first President of the United States. In April of 1755, British General Braddock invited Washington to assist in the French and Indian War. When Washington accepted the invitation, his mother was concerned for his safety. Washington wrote her: 'The God to whom you commend me, Madam, when I set out upon a more perilous errand, defended me from all harm and I trust He will do so now. Do not you?' Soon thereafter, on July 9, 1755, Washington served as an aid to British General Braddock. A terrible battle ensued near the Monongahela River. In the heat of the battle, hundreds of American and British soldiers were slain. Washington rode through gunfire and gave orders to soldiers. When the battle ended, sixty-three of the eighty-six British and American officers lay dead. Washington was the only officer on horseback who was not wounded. In a letter to his brother, Washington told a remarkable story proving Washington's destiny had been sealed by the Hand of God. `By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat and two horses shot out from under me. Yet, I escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me"' (Source: George Washington's letter to his brother, July 18, 1755). According to an early historical account, an Indian who was present at the time was reported as saying, "Washington was born never to be killed by a bullet. I had seventeen flairs fired at him with my rifle

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