He died destitute because he actually borrowed personal money, took on personal debt to repay the. To actually pay for the equipment that the army needed, the military needed. After the Revolutionary War, they repaid him [Nathaniel Green] the land, so they gave him a lot of land, but he didn't have enough money left to even develop that land. It was just raw, undeveloped land. And he ended up, sadly dying, destitute. And when you think about even our problem today, I mean, everyone honored him at the time, … (01:17–01:25)
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