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George Washington ( February 22, 1732-December 14, 1799 ), the country's first president, is often said to be the father of his country.
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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.
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.
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George Herman Ruth, Jr. ( February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948 ), best known as " Babe " Ruth and nicknamed " the Bambino " and " the Sultan of Swat ", was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) playing for three teams ( 1914 – 1935 ).
On February 5, 2002, George W. Bush visited the RODS laboratory and used it as a model for a $ 300 million spending proposal to equip all 50 states with biosurveillance systems.
On February 2, 2000, George W. Bush, as candidate for President, spoke during school's chapel hour.
General George C. Marshall, in a memorandum to President Franklin D. Roosevelt dated 3 February 1944, wrote
After a one year assignment in France, Eisenhower served as executive officer to General George V. Mosely, Assistant Secretary of War, from 1929 to February 1933.
On 5 February 1869, George Goyder, the Surveyor-General of South Australia, established a small settlement of 135 people at Port Darwin.
Munro is thus credited with rescuing it from the brink of closure, and in honour of his contributions, Dalhousie observes a university holiday called George Munro Day each year on the first Friday of February.
Mountbatten attended the funeral of King George VI in June 1952 and, having been promoted to the substantive rank of full admiral on 27 February 1953, he attended the coronation of the Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953.
* George Washington's birthday: February 22, United States ( often coincides with President's Day, see above )
* Washington's Birthday, celebrate George Washington's birthday on February 11, 1732.
* " George Lucas: Interviews " University Press of Mississippi ( February 16, 2007 )
George Hoyt Whipple ( August 28, 1878 – February 1, 1976 ) was an American physician, pathologist, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator.
From a private letter from journalist Susan Myrick to Margaret Mitchell in February 1939: " George finally told me all about it.
George Frideric Handel ( German: Georg Friedrich Händel ; ) ( 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759 ) was a German-born British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos.
Gavin MacLeod ( born Allan George See, February 28, 1931 ) is an American actor notable for playing Joseph " Happy " Haines on McHale's Navy, Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat.
On November 9, 2004, following George W. Bush's re-election, Ashcroft announced his resignation, which took effect on February 3, 2005 when the Senate confirmed White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales as the next attorney general.
In February 1937, Ribbentrop committed a notable social gaffe by unexpectedly greeting King George VI with a stiff-armed Nazi salute: the gesture nearly knocked over the King, who was walking forward to shake Ribbentrop's hand.
* Excluded members of the Long Parliament reinstated by George Monck 21 February 1660
Following the takeover of the club by George Gillett and Tom Hicks in February 2007, the proposed stadium was redesigned.
Moores eventually sold the club to American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks on 6 February 2007.
The town was founded by merchant George W. Wright, who donated of land in February 1844, when the community was also designated the county seat.
Charles, Prince of Wales ( 3 November 1972 ), U. S. President Jimmy Carter ( 15 July 1978 ), and U. S. Vice President ( later President ) George H. W. Bush ( George Bush Senior ) ( 1 February 1983 ).
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