A mural at George Washington High School in San Francisco depicts the future founding father on the battlefield during the French and Indian War, including the Jumonville incident at top left.

During the Revolutionary War ... Washington to accept the office. Citizens across the colonies as well as former comrades in arms insisted that only he could forge a nation. Washington won the ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine ... Francophiles like Thomas Jefferson. Another thorn in Washington’s side was the Spanish right of deposit in the port of New Orleans, LA, which, since 1763 ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George ... Washington became commander of the Virginia Regiment in the French and Indian ...

"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” That famous description of George Washington by his friend and fellow patriot Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee is ...

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