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unusual facts about George Washington's legacy


George Washington's legacy

He had no interest in nepotism or cronyism, rejecting, for example, a military promotion during the war for his deserving cousin William Washington lest it be regarded as favoritism.


1979 NBA Finals

Coincidentally, the series (along with the 1978 NBA Finals) was informally known as the George Washington series, because both teams were playing in places named after the first President of the United States (the SuperSonics were playing in Seattle, the largest city in the State of Washington, and the Bullets were representing Washington, D.C. albeit playing in nearby Landover, Maryland).

Antonio José Ruiz de Padrón

In 1785 he went to Pennsylvania and met and debated with George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.

Battle of Rhode Island

Major General Joseph Spencer had been ordered by Major General George Washington to launch an assault on Newport in 1777, but he had not done so, and was removed from command of the Rhode Island defenses.

Central Westchester Parkway

The parkway segment cost $1 million (1932 USD) to construct and the ribbon was placed at the location of George Washington's first defensive line in 1776 during the Battle of White Plains.

Charles Wall

Charles Cecil Wall (born c. 1903 – May 1, 1995) was an American self-taught historian and preservationist, who spent nearly 40 years as resident director of George Washington's estate at Mount Vernon on the banks of the Potomac River, where he endeavored to keep the home and its surroundings in much the same state that it existed when the First President resided there.

Connecticut Route 99

The entire length of Route 99 is also known as the George Washington Memorial Highway.

Edmond-Charles Genêt

Instead of traveling to the then-capital of Philadelphia to present himself to U.S. President George Washington for accreditation, Genêt stayed in South Carolina.

Edward C. Papenfuse

His current editorial interest with regard to Wikipedia centers on overseeing his students contributions to Wikipedia, George Washington's bow to civil authority in 1783, Maryland place names (such as Accident, Maryland), Maryland related themes such as the articles on Civil War era including Cipriano Ferrandini, and major national law cases that had their origins in Maryland such as Barron v. Baltimore.

François-Jean de Chastellux

Being on general Rochambeau's staff for the duration of the war, Chastellux acted as the principal liaison officer between the French commander in chief and George Washington.

George Washington-class submarine

On 12 February 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized funding for three ballistic missile submarines.

George Washington's Farewell Address

Despite his stated desire to retire from public service, Washington would later accept a commission from President John Adams, although Adams was largely forced into providing the commission by members of the Federalist Party, as the Senior Officer of a Provisional Army formed to defend the nation against a possible invasion by French forces during the Quasi-War.

Gershom Craft House

It is one of only two houses in Morrisville on the National Register, the other being Summerseat, host to General George Washington during the days leading up to the Battle of Trenton.

Gustav Kaupert

In the United States, his creations can be found in Richmond, Virginia (monument of George Washington), and in Washington DC (figure of "America" at the Capitol building).

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

Mistake: In the episode "Washington Story", Stan Francis played a young George Washington but in the end credits, he is named as Benjamin Franklin (this might be a mistake limited to the home video edit taking the end credits from a different episode).

Highland Light

In 1797, a station authorized by George Washington was established at this point on the Cape, with a wood lighthouse to warn ships about the dangerous coastline between Cape Ann and Nantucket.

Jack Winerock

He has recorded the Sonatas of Alexander Reinagle (teacher of George Washington's children) for the Musical Heritage Society and the Concerto for Piano and Winds by Igor Stravinsky for Golden Crest Records.

Joseph C. Yates

As Governor, Yates sat for a portrait by John Vanderlyn, famed for his rendition of such eminent historical figures as George Washington, Aaron Burr, James Monroe, George Clinton, Andrew Jackson and Zachary Taylor.

Kushiel's Legacy

In Kushiel's Dart, Phèdre nó Delaunay comes to understand the full meaning of the view of Naamah expressed by Balm House following the battle to restore the throne of Drustan mab Necthana; she sleeps with her longtime friend Hyacinthe out of compassion, to comfort him after the death of a girl he loved.

Louis Lebègue Duportail

Promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Royal Corps of Engineers, Duportail was secretly sent to America in March 1777 to serve in Washington's Continental Army under an agreement between Benjamin Franklin and the government of King Louis XVI of France.

Mara McAfee

Her early works included references to national heroes (George Washington, John F. Kennedy), boxers, burlesque dancers, business men, comic book characters, fashion models, and Keane waifs.

Mario Biaggi

In 1975 Biaggi introduced a joint resolution of Congress, Public Law 94-479, to posthumously promote George Washington to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States and restore Washington's position as the highest-ranking military officer in U.S. history.

Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association is a non-profit organization that preserves and maintains the Mount Vernon estate originally owned by George Washington.

Mount Vernon, Baltimore

The name derives from the Mount Vernon home of George Washington; the original Washington Monument, a massive pillar commenced in 1815 to commemorate the first president of the United States, is the defining feature of the neighborhood.

New Washington, Aklan

Established on January 15, 1904, the municipality was named after the first president of the United States, George Washington, as a tribute to the Thomasites, a group of American teachers who in the early 1900s established a new public education system in the Philippines, taught basic education, and trained Filipino teachers with English as medium of instruction.

New York State Route 343

The highway helped General George Washington's troops during the American Revolutionary War and was also the main supply route to the hamlets of Payne's Corners (now Amenia), Washiac (now Wassaic) and Dover Plains.

Non-interventionism

Historical examples of supporters of non-interventionism are US Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, who both favored nonintervention in European Wars while maintaining free trade.

Old Lyme, Connecticut

John McCurdy (b.1724), whose home was the resting place for George Washington on April 10, 1776 while traveling to New York City to take on the British Army and Navy (source: Papers of George Washington, Connecticut State Library); grandfather of Connecticut Supreme Court judge Charles McCurdy

Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

Adelheid and Augustus had two daughters; Amalia, who was born in 1818 an later married Prince Otto of Bavaria, the elected King of Greece, and thus became Queen consort of Greece; and Frederica, who was born in 1820 and later married Maximilian Emanuel von Washington, the son of Jakob von Washington, a distant relative of the first President of the United States George Washington.

Queen Alliquippa

Alliquippa, her son Kanuksusy, and warriors from her band of Mingo Seneca traveled to Fort Necessity to assist George Washington but did not take an active part in the Battle of the Great Meadows on July 3–4, 1754.

Ringwood State Park

During the American Revolution, Robert Erskine managed ironmaking operations from Ringwood, and became George Washington's first geographer and Surveyor-General, producing maps for the Continental army; Washington visited the Manor House several times.

Robert Stobo

In order to ensure the compliance of the surrender terms agreed to by Major George Washington following the Battle of the Great Meadows, he and Captain Jacob Van Braam were left as prisoners-of-war on July 28, 1754 in the care of Captain Coulon de Villiers at Fort Duquesne until at such time they could be released in a prisoner exchange.

Royall Tyler

The play's first public showing was shortly after George Washington's inauguration and Washington and several members of the First Congress attended.

Saitō Chikudō

He knew the history of Western countries and was using Noah, the history of Babylonia, Alexander the Great, Aristotle, Napoleon and George Washington as poem themes.

Scrap Happy Daffy

Daffy is ready to call it quits (saying "What I'd give for a can of spinach now", a direct reference to Popeye whose theatrical cartoons are now owned by WB), but is encouraged by the ghosts of his 'ancestors' — ducks who landed on Plymouth Rock, who encamped at Valley Forge with George Washington, who explored with Daniel Boone, who sailed with John Paul Jones, and who stood in for Abraham Lincoln.

Spencer Myrick

He was elected the first member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from Frederick County, having held the seat that would later be occupied by first U.S. President George Washington.

Sterling, Connecticut

Le Comte de Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, marched through and camped in the town during the American Revolutionary War on his way from landing at Narragansett Bay to join George Washington's forces on the Hudson River in 1781.

Swee'Pea

In the strip for August 17, 1933, Popeye christens Swee'Pea as 'Scooner Seawell Georgia Washenting Christiffer Columbia Daniel Boom'.

Tunnel Through the Deeps

In an alternative history, the United States lost the American Revolutionary War, George Washington was shot as a traitor, and America is still, in 1973, under the control of the British Empire.

Uriah Forrest

He also served as mayor of the Town of George, now Georgetown, in 1791 when George Washington met with local landowners at his home to negotiate purchase of the land needed to build the new capital city.

Warren Tavern

In the early years of the Warren Tavern it was frequented by many national heroes such as Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.

Warton, Lancaster

Warton is the birthplace of the medieval ancestors of George Washington, the first popularly elected President of the United States.

Yankee Doodle Bugs

In the fourth segment, George Washington gets a letter in the mailbox, opens it and exclaims: "Gadzooks! I've been drafted!"

Yawgoog Scout Reservation

Camp Sandy Beach campsites are named after famous Americans in history and include the following: Abe Lincoln, Audubon, Backwoods, Davy Crockett, Donald H. Cady, George Washington, Jim Bridger, Jim Bowie, James West, John Glenn, Kit Carson, Lewis & Clark, Neil Armstrong, Norman Rockwell, Richard Byrd, Silver Buffalo, and Teddy Roosevelt.

Yorktown campaign

These forces were first opposed weakly by Virginia militia, but General George Washington sent first the Marquis de Lafayette and then Anthony Wayne with Continental Army troops to oppose the raiding and economic havoc the British were wreaking.

Zachary Scott

Born in Austin, Texas, he was a distant cousin of George Washington, and his grandfather had been a very successful cattle rancher.

Zoë Akins

Through her mother Zoe Akins was related to prominent figures like George Washington and Duff Green.


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