Once more with feeling as the colonials win the big one
If the U.S. Secret Service had been on duty in 1781 at Yorktown, Lord Cornwallis might have had a fighting chance against George Washington. Concerned in 1981 about security for Washington's 39th successor to the presidency, the prudent but unromantic federal agents forced the play-acting colonial troops to surrender all but a few of their 50 cannons, temporarily confiscated their flints and black powder and subjected each make-believe soldier to a metal detector's scan. No matter: the glory of re-created victory was undimmed....