In addition to our social studies curriculum, where we learned about George Washington, we took some of our morning work time t...

       Washington declined a third election, delivered his famous farewell address and retired to Mount Vernon in 1797. Thereafter he devo...

       During this term international affairs for a time overshadowed domestic issues. A war between France and England vastly aroused the...

       Five years after the signing of the peace treaty a new crisis called Washington again into public life. Under the Articles of Confe...

       On June 15, 1775, two months after the Battle' of Lexington, Washington was unanimously chosen by Congress to be commander in c...

Washington's Home in Mount Vernon .        The period between the close of the French and Indian War and the outbreak of the Revol...

       Not long before he died Lawrence Washington had used his influence to have his brother appointed an adjutant-general over one of th...

       The family of the first President came of a line of well-born Englishmen. They were the Washingtons of Sulgiave Manor, in Northampt...

TRUE HEROISM Let others write of battles fought On bloody, ghastly fields, Where honors greet the man who wins. And death the ma...

UNDER THE WASHINGTON ELM, CAMBRIDGE Eighty years have passed, and more, Since under the brave old tree Our fathers gathered in arms, ...

       Gentlemen, a most auspicious omen salutes and cheers us, this day. This day is the anniversary of the birth of Washington. Washingt...

       Welcome, friend of our fathers, to our shores. Happy are our eyes that behold those venerable features. Enjoy a triumph such as nev...

1. Tell something of Washington's ancestors. He was descended from an ancient family in Cheshire, of which a branch had been esta...

In classic Palladian style, on the western side, the main house is flanked by advancing, single-story secondary wings creating a cour ...

1st pupil --        This took place March 15, 1783. In the midst of his reading - for he addressed his officers by aid of a manuscript ...

TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON. (Recitation for a Older School Pupil.) by Eliza Cook Land of the West! though passing brief the record of t...

Ode For Washington's Birthday Welcome to the day returning. Dearer still as ages flow; While the torch of faith is burning, Long a...

Among the gifted author's utterances was the following noble ode, written for Washington's birthday, February 22, 1878, for a relig...