Seven Founders -- George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay -- determined the destinies of the new nation.

On a military mission for his native Virginia the youthful George Washington touched off the French and Indian War, then guarded his colony's frontier as head of its militia.

and George Washington Harris, whose Tennessee hillbilly character Sut Lovingood perpetrated more unmalicious mischief and more unintended pain than any other character in literature.

she also went to Washington and appealed to Senator George William Norris of Nebraska, the Fighting Liberal, from whose office a sympathetic but cautious harrumphing was heard.

Apparently still sensitive about the idea with which General Gates had approached him at Saratoga, namely, that George Washington be replaced, Morgan was vehement in his support of the commander-in-chief during the campaign around Philadelphia.

His fellow Virginian, George Washington, had stated, `` I believe no event was ever received with more heartfelt joy ''.

High-speed buses on the George Washington Memorial Parkway, operating between downtown Washington and Cabin John, Glen Echo and Brookmont, would constitute an alluring sample of what the new National Capital Transportation Agency can do for this city.

Ike's somewhat like George Washington.

In her letter to John Brown, `` E. B. '', the Quakeress from Newport, had suggested that the American people owed more honor to John Brown for seeking to free the slaves than they did to George Washington.

Parson Weems's George Washington became the symbol of honesty and the father image of the uniting States.

An essay on `` Freedom '' written at 10 years of age quoted the Declaration of Independence, the freedom given to slaves in Canada, and the views of George Washington.

A wreath will be placed at the tomb of George Washington, one of this Nation's first Masons -- a past master of Washington-Alexandria Lodge 22 in Alexandria.

He obtained Congress's consent to reinstate for Grant the rank of Lieutenant General, which no officer had held since George Washington.

* 1789 – On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.

* 1776 – The Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.

His maternal grandfather joined the Army at 14 and was a mounted messenger for George Washington.

Also while in Washington, Doubleday testified against George Meade at the United States Congress Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, criticizing him harshly over his conduct of the Battle of Gettysburg.

* 1782 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle.

* 1794 – U. S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

Canova's marble statue George Washington was commissioned by the State of North Carolina after the war of 1812 to be displayed in its Capitol Building.

* 1792 – U. S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.

George Washington ( February 22, 1732-December 14, 1799 ), the country's first president, is often said to be the father of his country.

Parson Mason Locke Weems mentions the first citation of this legend in his 1850 book, The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honorable to Himself and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen.

Research conducted by the National Museum of American History notes that the story of Betsy Ross making the first American flag for General George Washington entered into American consciousness about the time of the 1876 centennial celebrations.

* J. R. Pinnock — George Washington Colonials guard ; went to high school in McDonough.

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Category: George Washington Colonials men's basketball players

It was the home of Georgetown Hoyas football from 1921 until 1950, George Washington Colonials football in the 1930s and 1940s, and Maryland Terrapins football in 1948.

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Category: George Washington Colonials baseball players

* Karl Hobbs, former head coach of the George Washington University Colonials basketball team

The Jaguars are coached by Keri Lambeth, former catcher for the Houston Cougars softball team and former graduate assistant coach for the George Washington Colonials.

File: GeorgeWashingtonColonials. png | The Buff and Blue logo of the George Washington University Colonials.

The George Washington University ( GW ) and the Nationals announced in February 2008 that the GW Colonials baseball team would play the first game in Nationals Park on March 22, 2008.

Marshall left broadcasting on July 1, 2010 to become an assistant men's basketball coach of the George Washington Colonials.

It is home to the George Washington University Colonials men's and women's basketball teams, as well as the university's swimming, water polo, gymnastics, and volleyball teams.

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* George Washington Colonials, the athletic program of George Washington University

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George the Bearded ( nickname ); Georg der Bärtige ( German )

The 2009 film The Men Who Stare at Goats stars Ewan McGregor as a reporter named Bob Wilton who follows a former soldier ( George Clooney ) who claimed to be a " Jedi warrior ", a nickname for psychic spies in the US military.

George W. Bush has been given the nickname " Dubya ", after the colloquial pronunciation of W in Texas.

It was during his war service, in 1941, whilst on the battleship King George V, that he acquired his naval nickname ` the bran man ' when he had sacks of bran brought on board to combat the common occurrence of constipation amongst sailors.

* In 1881, a mob lynched an outlaw who by the nickname of Big Nose George, who shot two local law enforcement officers years before.

In his 1950s persona, Goofy was called George Geef, or G. G. Geef, implying that " Goofy " was merely a nickname.

Gobel labeled himself " Lonesome George ," and the nickname stuck for the rest of his career.

In December of 1753, George Washington and Christopher Gist came through the area, giving it the nickname " Murdering Town " after being shot at by local Natives.

Their nickname is the Buffaloes, and their field is named after George Katchmer, who coached the school to their only undefeated campaign in 1953.

" Also, in an episode of the television show Seinfeld, George receives the nickname ' Koko ' because he was observed flailing his arms about like a gorilla while holding a banana.

Bush and George W. Bush, the latter giving him the affectionate and controversial nickname " Bandar Bush " His particularly close relationship with the Bush family was highlighted in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9 / 11.

Morrison's nickname in boxing was " The Duke " similar to George Washington Duke, who becomes his manager in the movie.

Dunn was indirectly responsible for Ruth's famous nickname, with Ruth's teammates referring to him as " Dunn's $ 10, 000 Babe " for the price he drew, and in addition to Grove, discovered other quality major leaguers such as Jack Bentley, Ernie Shore, George Earnshaw, Dick Porter and Tommy Thomas.

Merle was given " Queenie " as a nickname, in honour of Queen Mary, who visited India along with King George V in 1911.

A key revisionist method used by Azerbaijani scholars mentioned by Victor Schnirelmann and others was ” re-publishing of ancient and medieval sources, where the term “ Armenian state ” was routinely and systematically removed and replaced with “ Albanian state .” American author George Bournoutian gives examples of how that was done by Ziya Bunyadov, vice-chairman of Azerbaijani Academy of Sciences, who earned the nickname of “ Azerbaijan ’ s foremost Armenophobe .”

The word butch, meaning " tough kid " may have been coined by abbreviating the word butcher, as first noted in George Cassidy's nickname, Butch Cassidy.

* At one point (" The Maid "), George wants to be known as T-Bone, but his co-workers at Kruger Industrial Smoothing nickname him Koko because of the way he had flailed his arms when demanding the nickname " T-Bone " back from a coworker.

* Mason, a nickname for George Mason University

* kingster-an expensive church: George Singley, whose nickname was King George, donated liberally to the church building fund.

It is known as The Capstone, a nickname that stems from a 1913 speech by then-president George H. Denny, who extolled the university as the " capstone of the public school system in the state ".

" California Man ", a # 7 UK hit, featured baritone saxophones, a double bass, and a riff borrowed from George Gershwin, was an affectionate tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis ( the double bass had " Killer ", Lewis ' nickname, written on it ) with Lynne and Wood trading verses and lines.