George Washington, a real estate investor and successful entrepreneur, knew the difference between running a business and running the government
The first president realized that working with Congress – not alone or against it – was the best way to actually create an ...
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George Washington: Boyhood at Mount Vernon & Rise to Greatness
The film recounts the early life of George Washington, highlighting his upbringing on a Virginia tobacco plantation. It ...
York’s rare wallpaper helps revive George Washington’s Mansion: 'It’s really incredible'
Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project.
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Knowing the Presidents: George Washington
George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...
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George Washington's personal library took a winding path before landing in Boston
President George Washington's personal copy of "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine is among the rare books preserved by the Boston Athenaeum. But how these books — and more than a hundred others kept ...
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Michael Peregrine: Why we must continue to venerate George Washington
George Washington was the ... The veneration of Washington is fairly grounded in four distinct, civic-minded stages of his very public life. As a soldier, he served as commander in chief of ...
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How George Washington's Silence Shaped America's Most Powerful Office
Alexis Coe Alexis Coe is an historian and the bestselling author of You Never Forget Your First, a biography of George Washington.