That other Dec. 25 event

Some forget the historical significance of Dec. 25–other than being Christmas Day–as in Gen. Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River in 1776 to attack the mercenary Hessians at Trenton, N.J. Well, Fred Thompson remembers, and he wants us all to commemorate the date by exercising our Second Amendment rights (thus far, anyway) by buying guns. Just think, we were one capsize away from losing our first president, who had this penchant for standing up in overburdened boats.