“‘Tis pity, the little time we have to spend in this world, we cannot enjoy ourselves and our friends, but must be devising means to destroy each other.”  When Lucy Knox, beloved of Revolutionary War hero Henry, wrote those words in April, 1777, the British had begun a coordinated campaign that seemed likely to split the nation. Then, as now, America was seeking out a pivot point. For the Founders, it would come that fall in Saratoga–may ours come everywhere in the same season, if not sooner…