“'But they shall all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees, and no one shall make them afraid,'” Washington says. “Micah 4:4,” Aaron says.
"Cavemen vs. Astronauts" Debate: Aaron and Lafayette drag their friends into their lengthy argument over whether Lancelot is French or English. This argument is also carried on out-of-universe, with the author posting a tally of the audience’s votes on the issue of Lancelot’s nationality in the author’s notes on every chapter.
Content Warnings: There’s one before the start of the chapter for alcohol mention and use in the last section of the chapter.
Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Following the convention of naming every chapter title after a Hamilton lyric, this chapter likely takes its title from the line "Raise a glass to freedom." It's most likely a reference to the lyric's first appearance in "The Story of Tonight," but it could also be from "Raise a glass" in "Stay Alive" or from "Raise a glass to freedom" in "The World Was Wide Enough," with both of those uses as references to its original use in "The Story of Tonight."
Mundane Utility: Aaron discovers his death-seeing abilities apply to animals and are more powerful on them. If he touches an animal and thinks about how it'll die, he can see the rest of its life play out. He uses this ability to advise nearby civilians about their livestock, making them much more tolerant of the Continental Army's presence.
Shown Their Work: It’s the beginning of 1777, after the Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton, and Washington’s aides-de-camp are staying at Arnold’s Tavern on the Green. Both in real life and in the fic!
Time-Travel Tense Trouble: Aaron says he shoots Hamilton “a long time ago, it’s in 1804” during this chapter which takes place in the very 1700s Revolutionary War.
