George washington timeline for kids
George washington timeline birth to death
George washington revolutionary war timeline!
Early Life
Early Military Career
Dawning of the Revolution
The Revolutionary War
Return to Civilian Life
The Presidential Years
George Washington, America’s first celebrity, began to make a name for himself as a young soldier.
His renown soared when he led the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War. Fame and duty summoned him again in1789, when he was elected President of the new nation. Poets hailed him as a Greek god and artists portrayed him as a Roman hero, complete with toga.
When he died in 1799, a congressman summed up Washington’s life in a phrase reechoed by every American generation: “First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen.”
EARLY LIFE
Engraving of George Washington's Birthplace, published by Currier and Ives Mount Vernon Ladies' Association |
| George Washington is born at Wakefield Farm, Westmoreland County, in the British colony of Virginia. | |
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