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

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

As he had in Williamsburg, Philadelphia and Alexandria, Washington enjoyed the theatre. The President invited several congressmen and their wives and other city notables to plays at the John Street Theatre.

Until the second Trinity Church was rebuilt in 1790, many, including George Washington, made St. Paul’s their church home.

Quotes

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

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Evacuation Day Commemoration

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

Evacuation Day Commemoration

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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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The Washington Bond

George Washington

Finance, Governance

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln

Cultural Landmarks

Battle of Brandywine

George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Charles Cornwallis

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Battle of Monmouth

George Washington, Henry Clinton, Molly Pitcher, Charles Cornwallis

Military/Conflict

Fort Necessity National Battlefield

George Washington

Military/Conflict

Battle of Trenton

George Washington

Military/Conflict

Battle of Germantown

George Washington, General William Howe

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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1792 - George Washington before the Battle of Trenton by John Trumbull

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

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

Bronze statue installed in 1883

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

George washington presiding over the constitutional convention in Philadelphia 1787

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Aerial View

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

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DRAWINGS

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1876 - Washington and his cabinet

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

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IN THIS PHOTO / THEN AND NOW

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John Trumbull

Pictured: George Washington before the Battle of Trenton by John Trumbull

George Washington

Continental Army, The Newport Letter

Pictured: Portrait of Washington and Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Pictured: Portrait of Washington and Lincoln

Currier & Ives

Pictured: Washington and his cabinet

Thomas Jefferson

Declaration of Independence, Committee of Five, Second Continental Congress

Pictured: Washington and his cabinet

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist Papers, New York Manumission Society

Pictured: Washington and his cabinet

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