# @time on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=WwvpVUOTCUk
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-07T19:30:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** TIME (@TIME) — https://gondola.cc/TIME

## Caption

George Washington needed men he could trust with his life. So he built an elite unit — the Life Guard — soldiers hand-picked to protect him and no one else.
This is the untold story of Thomas Hickey, the Life Guard member who was secretly a paid British agent, and the conspiracy that forced Washington to order the execution of his own protector in front of 20,000 people.
Discover the history behind the young Continental Army’s first major loyalty crisis, from the whispered plot inside Washington’s inner circle to the public reckoning that followed — two weeks before independence was even declared.

We’re re-examining the most famous artifacts and moments in American history: one day at a time.
This is Episode 14 of On This Day: 1776 - a cinematic short film series reimagining the most iconic year of America’s founding.

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0:00 Washington’s Life Guard and the Threat Within
0:32 George Washington Warns His Army
0:55 Loyalist Threats Close In on New York
1:18 A Traitor Is Discovered
2:11 British Agents Recruit Washington’s Men
3:09 A Plot to Assassinate George Washington
3:53 Thomas Hickey’s Treason Is Exposed
4:15 Washington Makes an Example of a Traitor
4:47 The Execution of Thomas Hickey

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historydocumentary, 1776, americanhistory, thomashickey, onthisday

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