GEORGE WASHINGTON'S RELIGION So many of us want to believe that the great man thought as we do. That Washington believed in the same things as you. A belief [...]
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George Washington’s first Job!
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FIRST JOB He had maybe a sixth grade education. And not in the same way we go to classes. His father died when he was eleven, leaving him [...]
George Washington’s Slaves
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SLAVES He inherited his first humans when his father died. Ten slaves. He was eleven. That was in 1743. And he wasn't living [...]
The illnesses of George Washington
THE ILLNESSES OF GEORGE WASHINGTON What is it about our first President, George Washington? At times, we seem to glorify him as though he was a superhuman. He lived in [...]
Bouquet and Washington, not Forbes, but the other Grant
BOUQUET AND WASHINGTON, NOT FORBES, BUT THE OTHER GRANT In 1755, Braddock's defeat and Washington's retreat left the backcountry of Pennsylvania and Virginia open to [...]
George Washington Went Back!
GEORGE WASHINGTON WENT BACK! What would you think if you were a hero and just 22? And you know the truth of those others who died. Died under your charge. [...]
George Washington at 22
GEORGE WASHINGTON AT TWENTY-TWO George Washington had returned to the Western Pennsylvania wilderness. He was with forty of his men and a few Indian warriors of the Mingo Half-King, [...]
George Washington at Twenty-One
GEORGE WASHINGTON AT TWENTY-ONE Do you remember when you were twenty-one? When you thought you were so incredibly strong. You soon enough began to feel the power in your future [...]
George Washington Before the War
GEORGE WASHINGTON BEFORE THE WAR Before that later, more famous war. The revolutionary one. I'm talking here about the earlier, less talked about war. The one not as well known. [...]
George Washington Getting Ready to Go!
GEORGE WASHINGTON GETTING READY TO GO! The year is 1732. George Washington is born to his father, Augustine, and his second wife, 23- year-old Mary Ball. The home is simple, [...]