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‘The Essence Of The American Revolution’: Wartime Letter Written By George Washington Goes On Sale For $150,000
In May 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a brigadier general anxiously wrote George Washington a letter about a British ...
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From These Modest Wartime Quarters, George Washington Kept the Revolution Alive
George Washington Parke Custis ... first at Valley Forge and then at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, which opened in 2017. Asked if he knew of a more storied item of ...
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A look at the daily routine of George Washington, who drank tea and wine and spent hours on horseback
George Washington was the first president of the ... ensure the survival of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, he also laid down a number of massively important precedents ...
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George Washington Slept Here
Thus George Washington, at age 16 ... in Chief of the new Continental Army in what was fast becoming the American Revolution. Thereafter he was on the move, fighting and retreating hither and ...
The legacy of the Revolution is still up for grabs
Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...
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The Battle to Save a Revolutionary War Battlefield
If George Washington’s audacity on January 3, 1777, had not reversed the patriots’ retreat and routed the advancing British, the American Revolution might have been extinguished. Yet such is ...
George Washington Revolutionary War letter up for sale on Presidents Day
A letter written by George Washington in 1777 that is valued at $150,000 is up for sale this Presidents Day. The letter, ...
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The Revolutionary War
As the Revolutionary War spread through every ... and hundreds more served on the sea. Had George Washington been less ambivalent, more blacks might have participated on the Patriot side than ...
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President George Washington: Calm, Cool, and Collected Commander in Chief
Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... In late December 1776, with the revolution on the verge of collapse, enlistments about to expire, and “summer soldiers” waiting ...
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Knowing the Presidents: George Washington
George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743 ... and also used these to supply Indians in order to stir up trouble for the US. Due to the Revolution in France, Washington revoked ...
Sparta unveils plaque to honor bicentennial of Revolutionary War hero visit
The city of Sparta, in conjunction with the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution, held a plaque dedication ceremony ...
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Tyranny of King Washington (DLC)
Driven by the desire to secure the fate of the colonies, the greatest hero of the revolution, George Washington, succumbs to the temptation of infinite power. The new King is born and his reign ...