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2 days ago · George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the ...
2 days ago · George Washington, one of the most iconic figures in American history, was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. His family was of modest means, though they were well-connected in colonial Virginia society. George was the eldest son of Augustine and Mary Ball Washington.
4 days ago · When the price tag passed the $1,000 mark, Moore said he knew other people shared his belief about the fabric's authenticity. So, he "gambled on it," he said, buying the item for $1,300 two weeks ...
1 day ago · Museum staff member Beth Ann Downey points at a fragment of a George Washington’s tent displayed on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.
5 days ago · George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River was a desparate gamble that paid off, the kind of victory that energized the American army and the American people.
2 days ago · George Washington, the country’s first president (1789–97), carefully chose the site, which is on the Potomac River’s navigation head (to accommodate oceangoing ships), and near two well-established colonial port cities, George Town (now Georgetown, a section of the city of Washington) and Alexandria, Va.
3 days ago · The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a private federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress and is the first university founded under Washington D.C.'s jurisdiction.
