I feel my work is done here for the day......
I will let Blank's brain marinate for a day and check to see if he's any closer to joining reality another time.
The Revolutionary War ended in September of 1783. The Bill of Rights was written in 1789. They were not fighting the British - that war had already ended.
The US did not have an army during that period - we only had militia, and the states carried more power back then.
"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting." - Steve McQueen