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Section of Public Contract Law, American Bar Association  Volume 22, Number 1, Fall 1986


                    The Cradle for the Call to

                             Liberty or Death


First settled in '1632 as the
Middle Plantation, Wil-
liamsburg a century plus
later would become the
capital of Virginia and an
eye of the revolutionary
hurricane  sweeping   the
Colonies. The town and its
environs must have been
favorites of George Wash-
ington. Following two di-
sastrous campaigns in the
French and Indian War, his
political fortunes blossomed
during the fifteen-year pe-
riod while he was in the
Virginia House of Burgesses
(1759-74). Seven years la-
ter, at nearby Yorktown,
Cornwallis surrendered.
  During its Williamsburg The Capitol of Colonial V
years, Virginia nurtured an
extraordinary spirit-and exceptional leaders:
Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison,
George Washington, and others. What transformed
them into memorables of history? What sustained
Washington during the disappointing campaigns in
the Revolutionary War, during the long winter at
Valley Forge, during the hassles over finances for
his Army? What was the source of the inner strength
which led Washington to resist suggestions that he
found a monarchy-or of the self-confidence which
allowed him to surround himself with Lafayette,
Jefferson, Hamilton, and other strong person-
alities? Williamsburg itself must have been part


                    of the ex

                      Our Secti           ere
                    on November 21-22, 1986,
                    under the new head of our
                    House of Burgesses, Paul
                    Dembling. On Friday, No-
                    vember 21, there will be a
                    program entitled Clean
                    Hands ... Pure Heart and
                    Confession: The     'New
                    Morality' in Government
          JI        Contracts. The Council
                    will meet in open session
                    the next day to consider
                 ,  problems and iritiatives of
                    the procurenient world.
                      A visit to Williamsburg
                    is fun-an opportunity ,to
                    relax in colonial taverns,
                    peer over the stockade of
rginia at Williamsburg  the early Jamestown settle-
                    ment, dine in the Williams-
 burg Inn, and increase your golf handicap at the
 Golden Horseshoe. But the visit is much more. It
 is a return to pre-revolutionary and revolutionary
 times when debates were intense and three of our
 future Presidents walked its streets. We hope you
 will join us there. If you do, pause a moment to
 recallthe extraordinary strength and will of one of
 Williamsburg's* greatest, George Washington. He
 persevered through adversities and discourage-
 ments which would have defeated many lesser men.
 We of the beleagured procurement communtiy can
 learn much from the story of this immensely am-
 bitious, vital, moral, and obstinate man.


      Issue Highlights: A Brief Look at the ASBCA,
      page 3 • DOD Contract Specialists Give Lawyers
Highest Rating, page 6 • Section Directory, pullout section


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