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How George Washington’s birthday became a national holiday
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic — not a tyrant. And yet the ...
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George Washington: Boyhood at Mount Vernon & Rise to Greatness
The film recounts the early life of George Washington, highlighting his upbringing on a Virginia tobacco plantation. It ...
York’s rare wallpaper helps revive George Washington’s Mansion: 'It’s really incredible'
Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project.
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How George Washington's Silence Shaped America's Most Powerful Office
Alexis Coe Alexis Coe is an historian and the bestselling author of You Never Forget Your First, a biography of George Washington.
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Michael Peregrine: Why we must continue to venerate George Washington
George Washington was the first president of the ... civic-minded stages of his very public life. As a soldier, he served as commander in chief of the Continental Army, the somewhat ragtag ...
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York’s rare wallpaper helps revive George Washington’s Mansion: 'It’s really incredible'
Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate ... rooms in the Mount Vernon mansion since new evidence about Washington’s life surfaced in the last 10 years. Those have been found ...