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George Washington is called "the father of his country" for his crucial role in fighting for, creating and leading the United States of America in its earliest days. George Washington was a surveyor…Mount Vernon, estate, United States
(Encyclopedia) Mount Vernon, NE Va., overlooking the Potomac River near Alexandria, S of Washington, D.C.; home of George Washington from 1747 until his death in 1799. The land was patented in 1674,…Wakefield, estate, United States
(Encyclopedia) Wakefield, family estate of George Washington, on the Potomac River, E Va.; part of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument (see National Parks and Monuments, tablenational…The True George Washington
Paul Leicester FordElectrotyped and Printed by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, U.S.A.1896DedicationThat I have foibles, and perhaps many of them, I shall not deny. I should esteem myself, as…Washington, Bushrod
(Encyclopedia) Washington, Bushrod, 1762–1829, American jurist, b. Westmoreland co., Va.; nephew of George Washington. He was an original member of Phi Beta Kappa at the College of William and Mary,…Washington, George
(Encyclopedia) Washington, George, 1732–99, 1st President of the United States (1789–97), commander in chief of the Continental army in the American Revolution, called the Father of His Country.…Washington, Martha
(Encyclopedia) Washington, Martha, 1731–1802, wife of George Washington, b. New Kent co., Va. The daughter of John Dandridge and Frances Jones Dandridge, she first married (1749) Daniel Parke Custis…George Washington Biography
George WashingtonBorn: 2/22/1732Birthplace: Westmoreland County, Va. George Washington was born on Feb. 22, 1732 (Feb. 11, 1731/2, old style) in Westmoreland County, Va. While in his teens,…George Washington Adams
George Washington Adams was the eldest son of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, and his wife Louisa Adams. George (named for the first U.S. president, George Washington)…George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver was a celebrated botanist and inventor at a time when it was rare for Black Americans to reach those heights. Born a slave in Missouri about 1864, near the end of the Civil…Trending
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