While many might think of James Madison as the father of the Constitution, George Washington is the man who made it all possible. Read more.

George Washington Said, 'If Freedom of Speech Is Taken Away, Then Dumb and Silent We May Be Led'? ... National Constitution Center – Constitutioncenter.Org, https: ...

In 1787, General George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention with sphinx-like inscrutability. He betrayed not a flicker of emotion as the architects of a new nation wrangled over ...

In August 1790, America was a new nation with a new constitution and a new government, ... George Washington receives the news that he was elected the United States' first president, in 1789.

George Washington’s Farewell to the Nation Marked the Birth of American Democracy In 1796, ... It didn’t come in 1788, when the Constitution was ratified, or in 1789, ...