Founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
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The man who turned down a crown. Washington commanded a ragged colonial army to independence, then walked away from power twice—setting the template for what an American president could be.
Born in colonial Virginia in 1732, Washington commanded the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War before joining the opposition to British rule through the House of Burgesses. Appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in 1775, he led an ill-equipped force through early defeat in New York, surprise victories at Trenton and Princeton in 1776–77, and criticism over losses at Brandywine and Germantown, until a combined French-American siege at Yorktown forced British surrender in 1781. After presiding over the Constitutional Convention in 1787, he was unanimously elected th…
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There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves.
The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country.
Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a Freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.
To expect … the same service from raw and undisciplined recruits, as from veteran soldiers, is to expect what never did and perhaps never will happen.
The reflection upon my situation, and that of this army, produces many an uneasy hour, when all around me are wrapped in sleep.
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