How George Washington's Silence Shaped America's Most Powerful Office
Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...
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The Painful History Of George Washington’s Teeth — And The Gruesome Truth Behind Them
George Washington suffered severe teeth issues his entire life, and by the time he became president in 1789, he had just one ...
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When George Washington Quoted Micah 6:8
Justice. Mercy. Charity. Humility: This is Micah 6:8. It sounds as if Washington is writing a sermon, not a letter to ...
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President George Washington: Calm, Cool, and Collected Commander in Chief
General Howe was forced to take these strategic ... himself after everything that his mother was not. Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at Popes Creek, Westmoreland County ...
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How George Washington Defeated Smallpox And Won America’s Independence
In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental ... Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) General Washington, who had survived smallpox as a young man ...
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Alexander Hamilton and his Patron, George Washington
Though they worked in close proximity for years, Alexander Hamilton and George ... aide and the General, twice his age, whom Hamilton always addressed as "Your Excellency." Washington was prudent ...
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How One President’s Day Became Presidents’ Day
The United States began celebrating its first president when he was still a general. Nearly 300 years since George Washington’s birth, the holiday has morphed into a celebration of the presidency.
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When is Presidents Day in Michigan? What to know about the federal holiday
George Washington was the first president of the U.S. and an American Revolutionary War general, according to George Washington's Mount Vernon. Washington was born Feb. 22, 1732, and died Dec. 14, ...