There’s a scene in the second act of Hamilton where George Washington decides to give it all up, to step away. Power is there for the taking, or the retaking in this case, but Washington decides to pass it on. He reveals that his legacy will be defined not by what he did when he was in charge, but by how he empowered those who came after him.

“If I say goodbye, the nation learns to move on,” Washington says in the song ‘One Last Time’. “It outlives me when I’m gone.” Read More