George Washington

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George Washington was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father of the United States, who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Washington led the Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War, and presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which established the Constitution of the United States and a federal government for the United States

Born, Feb 22, 1732

at Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia

Died, Dec 14, 1799

Career Highlights

Harvard University - 1st LLD (Doctor of Law) Degree Granted to George Washington - Apr 18, 1776

Factoids

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1771 -Washington sat for the first of 7 portraits from which Peale eventually created 60 paintings.

1775 -She wrote a poem to George Washington, who invited her to his headquarters in Cambridge.

She tried to get George Washington to give up the fight against the British. When that didn’t work, she tried to bribe an official to arrange for peace. This led to her property being confiscated. What followed was a long struggle to get it back.

Quotes

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Related Past Events

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American Patriarch: The Life of George Washington

Evacuation Day Commemoration

Lunch & Learn: George Washington & The Birch Trials at the Historic Fraunces Tavern

Related Tours

American Presidents in NYC (1789-1850)

Related People / Organizations

Henry Knox,Henry Knox was the 1st Secretary of War under Washington's presidential cabinet. They were close and trusted friends, their friendship lasting over 25 years.

Culper Spy Ring,The Culper Spy Ring was tasked by Washington with conducting spy activities in New York City, the British headquarters during the war.

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SITES

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Battle of Yorktown

George Washington

Military/Conflict

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, Gutzon Borglum

Cultural Landmarks

Battle of Brandywine

George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Charles Cornwallis, Anthony Wayne

Military/Conflict

Battle of Trenton

George Washington

Military/Conflict

Battle of Princeton

George Washington

Military/Conflict

Richmond Hill

George Washington, John Adams, Abigail Adams, Aaron Burr, John Jacob Astor

Residential

The Washington Bond

George Washington

Finance, Governance

Battle of Germantown

George Washington, General William Howe

Military/Conflict

Battle of Monmouth

George Washington, Henry Clinton, Molly Pitcher, Charles Cornwallis

Military/Conflict

Fort Necessity National Battlefield

George Washington

Military/Conflict

Washington Monument

National Park Service, George Washington, Robert Mills

Memorial

John Adams Proposes a Continental Army

Second Continental Congress, John Adams, George Washington

Military/Conflict

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PUBLICATIONS

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The Newport Letter

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS

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1776 - George Washington’s order to have the Declaration of Independence read to his troops in New York

1797 - George Washington

George Washington by Charles Willson Peale, 1780

Portrait of George Washington

George Washington and William Lee by John Trumbull

Portrait of George Washington

1795 - Portrait of George Washington

1796 - Portrait of George Washington

1821 - George Washington

Portrait of Washington and Lincoln

1876 - Washington and his cabinet

Incoming presidents raise their right hand and place the left on a Bible while taking the oath of office

"General George Washington in Prayer at Valley Forge” by James Edward Kelly.

Betsy Ross showing Major Ross and Robert Morris how she cut the stars for the American flag; George Washington sits in a chair on the left.

The Constitution of the United States - The Pennsylvania Packet - Page 4

The Foundation of American Government

Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States

Washington Crossing the Delaware

1840 replica of the honorary LL.D. bestowed by Harvard on George Washington

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DRAWINGS

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1876 - Washington and his cabinet

1778 - Samuel Culper to Benjamin Tallmadge, with Note from Benjamin Tallmadge to George Washington

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