• Washington Delaware Nehri'ni geçerken. George Washington'ın Rembrandt Peale tarafından yapılmış bir portresi. Nisan 1775'te çatışmaların başlamasıyla, II.
  • Commander in chief (1775–1783). Further information: Military career of George Washington and Washington's aides-de-camp.
  • George Washington was born to Augustine and Mary Ball on February 22, 1732, at Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
  • Americans call George Washington “the father of our country.” Most people know him best as the first president of the United States, from 1789 to 1797.
  • Raise a glass to the Marquis de Lafayette, who #OnThisDay in 1778 swore an oath of allegiance to the United States in front of George Washington.
  • George Washington’s father was a wealthy immigrant from England with a significant amount of land under his name.
  • George, the eldest of Augustine and Mary Washington’s six children, spent much of his childhood at Ferry Farm, a plantation near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
  • Meaning: The nickname of President George Washington provides an insight into how the man was viewed by the American public during his presidency.
  • Portrait bust of George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon, c. late 18th–early 19th century; in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
  • George Washington led the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and became the first president of the United States.