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George Washington's birthday parade goes big in Alexandria this year
The annual George Washington Birthday Parade is back in Alexandria on Monday — a tradition now in its 101st year. Why it matters: The Presidents Day procession is always a festive time in Old ...
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George Washington, 1732–1799
Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...
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George Washington’s Farewell to the Nation Marked the Birth of American Democracy
It didn’t come in 1788, when the Constitution was ratified, or in 1789, when George Washington took office as the United States’ first president. According to Harry R. Rubenstein, an emeritus ...
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George Washington
A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George Washington led his own fight for independence in America. Washington was born on ...
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Ode [For General Washington's Birthday]
Leader of the victorious Continental Army, first U.S. president and presiding spirit in the drawing up of his new nation’s constitution, Virginia-born George Washington was a hero and role model ...