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2 days ago · George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
3 days ago · George Washington. Gen. George Washington (riding a white horse) and his staff welcoming a provision train of supplies for the Continental Army. (more) On July 3, 1775, Washington assumed command of the American forces at Cambridge. Not only did he have to contain the British in Boston, but he also had to recruit a Continental army.
2 days ago · After numerous defeats in New York and New Jersey in 1776, George Washington made the bold decision to cross the Delaware River. This led him to win three key battles. Furthermore, in 1781 ...
3 days ago · Battle of Fort Necessity, one of the earliest skirmishes of the French and Indian War, the North American theater of the global Seven Years’ War, and the only battle George Washington ever surrendered.
3 days ago · In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental Army through some of the earliest battles of the American Revolution, disease posed a greater threat to his forces than British troops. To ...
5 days ago · George Washington. 1st President of the United States. April 30, 1789–March 4, 1797. “First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen,” George Washington was the unanimous selection to become the first president of the United States under the Constitution.
2 days ago · When George Washington became the first president of the United States 235 years ago, he understood that his conduct in office could determine whether the infant nation survived as a...
