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58 unusual facts about George Washington


Affpuddle

After the Dissolution the village became an estate of the Lawrence family, an ancestor of whom married the heiress of a branch of the Washington family, from another branch of which descended George Washington.

Aidan O'Brien

The season however ended on a very sad note after George Washington was put down after breaking down in the Breeders Cup Classic.

National Stakes – (8) – Desert King (1996), King of Kings (1997), Beckett (2000), Hawk Wing (2001), One Cool Cat (2003), George Washington (2005), Mastercraftsman (2008), Power (2011)

Antonio José Ruiz de Padrón

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

Barkham

Another prominent farming family, that of Ball, is erroneously said to be that of George Washington's mother, Mary Ball Washington.

Binfield

Binfield House, similar in appearance to Horace Warpole's Strawberry Hill House near Twickenham (Grade II listed) was built in 1776 and for nearly 150 years was rented out to a number of tenants including the well known historian Catharina Macaulay Graham whose work was greatly admired by the 1st American President George Washington, and in 1788 she travelled to America to visit him.

Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine

He was present in most of those battles in which George Washington and his generals so signally discomfited the troops of Great Britain.

Charles Lewis Bowman

His mother was a descendent of Col. Fielding Lewis and Betty Washington, the only sister of President George Washington.

Civil religion

George Washington was a sort of high priest, and the documents of the Founding Fathers have been treated as almost sacred texts.

Collar-and-elbow

George Washington, at the age of eighteen, held a collar-and-elbow championship that was at least county wide.

Connecticut Route 99

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

Criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt

By the middle of his second term, much criticism of Roosevelt centered on fears that he was heading toward a dictatorship, by attempting to seize control of the Supreme Court in the Court-packing incident of 1937, attempting to eliminate dissent within the Democratic party in the South during the 1938 elections, and by breaking the tradition established by George Washington of not seeking a third term when he again ran for re-election in 1940.

DC Presidents

The origins of The Presidents started back in February 1985 when American Football enthusiasts Jeff Rutter and John Lockhart formed The Washington Presidents, named after the birthplace of the first USA President George Washington’s Grandfather, the summer of 1985 saw the clubs first ever game.

Dick Blakeslee

It was often sung at union rallies and state fairs and over the years acquired verses not written by Blakeslee, such as a Lincoln verse (the original song included only four verses: Adam, Jesus, Washington, and Roosevelt).

Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh

Young George Washington, already a Virginia vestryman, was guided by Gist when he came west to warn the French to withdraw from this region claimed by the British.

Frazier History Museum

Items in the collection include a rifle reputedly once owned by George Washington, Teddy Roosevelt's "Big Stick" hunting rifle, and items once owned by "Buffalo Bill" Cody and the outlaw Jesse James.

Garrison Historic Area

In 1751, leader of the American Revolution and first president of the United States, George Washington, stayed at the district's Bush Hill section for six weeks with his sick brother.

Gaspee Days Committee

The first recorded celebration of the Gaspee Affair was in 1774 near Williamsburg, Virginia where George Washington himself related in his diary that he spent 3s.9d.

General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian

At the beginning of the French and Indian War, young George Washington is said to have let Indian chief Tanaghrisson seal their fresh alliance by smashing the skull of Joseph Coulon de Jumonville, a wounded French officer they just took as prisoner, then washing his hands in the man's brain.

George Washington's Socks

George Washington's Socks is a children's story by Elvira Woodruff that tells the story of five children who find a "mysterious wooden rowboat" that takes them "backward in time, to the time of George Washington," giving them the opportunity to learn about the American Revolution.

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).

Jan Van Rijswijck

Of the many speeches, which he held on judicial matters, Flanders and ships, only a few were published: on Abraham Lincoln (recitation, Antw. 1877); George Washington (recitation Antw. 1879); Cavour (recitation, Antw. 1879); all due to the Willemsfonds.

Jeremy Scott

Signed project which Scott created a silk jacquard with a motif of money scattered around with his own likeness replacing that of George Washington.

Junius Brutus Stearns

Junius Brutus Stearns (born Lucius Sawyer Stearns) (1810, Arlington, VT — 1885, Brooklyn, NY ) was an American painter best known for his five part Washington Series (1847–1856).

LeBoeuf Creek

George Washington was sent by British to Fort Le Boeuf to deliver a message to the French that demanded that they leave the Ohio Country.

Legion of the United States

President Washington picked his old lieutenant, Wayne, to lead a new professional army.

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.

Maryland Route 178

The highway is indirectly named for George Washington, who traveled the highway in 1783 on his way to Annapolis to resign his commission in the Continental Army at the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War.

Montauk Point State Park

The park contains the Montauk Point Light, which was authorized by the Second Congress, under President George Washington in 1792.

Newton, Texas

However, John Newton's heroics are said to be a product of Parson Weems, who also fictionalized the story of George Washington and the cherry tree.

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.

Norman Orentreich

In celebration of the bicentennial of the United States, the Orentreich foundation was called upon to study hairs belonging to President George Washington to determine the blood type of America's first president.

Nutty News

A best known story is George Washington throwing a silver dollar across the Potomac River.

Origami paper

Banknotes are common media for folding as the subject in the center of the banknote, like George Washington, can make a striking appearance on the finished model.

Otisco Township, Michigan

In September 1853, Dickson platted the village as Mount Vernon, after Mount Vernon, Virginia, the home of the first U.S. President, George Washington.

Political system

George Washington, the first U.S. president was against the establishment of political parties in most circumstances and therefore belonged to no party.

Project Joshua Blue

This helps Watson twofold; one, it allows Watson to determine what specifically is being asked, and two, it allows Watson to come up with an answer that makes logical sense (i.e. answering "orange" to a question asking for the name of America's first president would not make sense, while answering "George Washington" would).

Richard Harison

In 1789, Harison was appointed by President George Washington as the first United States Attorney for the District of New York.

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.

Salt Cay, Turks Islands

It was Turks and Caicos salt that George Washington needed to preserve the food for his army during the American Revolutionary War and that the Canadian and American fishing fleets used to salt down their catches.

Samuel Rowland Fisher

They were eventually pardoned and allowed to return to Philadelphia by order of George Washington and the Congress after the British evacuated.

Sense and Nonsense

Only one episode is known to exist, from February 19, 1954 (one commercial mentions the upcoming weekend and celebrating George Washington's birthday with Coke in-a-bottle, showing a boy and girl doing so in Colonial attire and powdered wigs).

Spirit of Seventy Sex

Directed by Stu Segall, Spirit of Seventy Sex is a tongue-in-cheek look at the sex lives of the Founding Fathers, including George Washington (and his wife Martha, who is played by Haven), Benjamin Franklin and Captain John Smith (Holmes).

Teddy Davison

His fairness and diplomacy earned him the nicknames of "The George Washington of Sheffield football" and "Honest Ted".

Teodor Rygier

Rygier made busts of his wife and sister; of George Washington (1875); of the poet Teofil Lenartowicz (exhibited at Rome in 1883); of the doctor Levitoni, philosopher of Warsaw; of Leopold Kronenberg (1878, once placed on a pedestal in the rail station to Warsaw); and the writer Kraszetcski.

Thomas Triplett

In the 1630s Triplett was rector of various parishes in County Durham in the north of England, including Washington (where George Washington's ancestors originated).

Tring Park School for the Performing Arts

The Mansion and the surrounding Park were owned by a succession of wealthly families, including ancestors of George Washington.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1788

The elections resulted in two candidates in support of Washington's administration and three candidates opposed to his policies.

United States Post Office Department

The Postal Service Act signed by President George Washington on February 20, 1792, established the Department.

Visioneers

George Washington Winsterhammerman, a descendant of George Washington, is a Level-3 "tunt" employee at the Jeffers Corporation, and is suffering from overeating and impotence as a result of alienation common in this society.

Warton, Lancaster

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

The Washington family coat of arms, three mullets and two bars, can be found in the church and is said to have inspired the design of the flag of the United States.

Washington County, Minnesota

The county was officially established October 27, 1849, named after George Washington.

Wickhamford

Penelope Washington, whose mother married Sir Samuel Sandys and moved to the Manor House, was a distant relative of George Washington, the first President of the United States of America.

William Rush and His Model

Rush’s life-sized figure of George Washington (1815), and his Allegorical Figure of The Waterworks (1825) — a reclining female figure manipulating a waterwheel — are visible in the background.

Yankee Doodle Bugs

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

Zachary Scott

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


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).

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.

Champe Rocks

Commanded by Major Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee and handpicked by George Washington for the mission, Champe "defected" to the British side and came very close to succeeding, but at the last moment, Arnold changed plans and the whole endeavor had to be called off.

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.

Christmas at the White House

# George Washington: "While Shepherds Watch'd Their Flocks by Night"

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.

Genevieve Foster

While they were watching the 1934 film The Rise of Catherine the Great, Joanna noticed Catherine's clothes were similar to those wore by Americans during the time of 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.

Highest military ranks

In 1976, as part of the American Bicentennial celebrations, George Washington was (posthumously) promoted to general of the armies of the United States.

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.

History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution

Warren was a correspondent and adviser to many political leaders of the Revolutionary period, including Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and especially John Adams, who became her literary mentor in the years leading to the Revolution.

Johann Rall

On the night of December 25–26, 1776 General George Washington crossed the Delaware River with his troops on the way to Trenton, New Jersey.

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.

Kenneth Jewett

Historical figures such as George Washington and Daniel Boone make an appearance alongside Robert Jewett and his family.

Kim Dingle

Her first solo exhibition, “Portraits from the Dingle Library”, combined images of her mother, Cram, with portraits of iconic figures like George Washington, Queen Elizabeth II and George Foreman.

Legion of the United States

The success of the legion is owed mostly to Major General Anthony Wayne, but also to George Washington and Henry Knox.

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.

Lydia Darrah

Lydia Darragh (1729 – December 28, 1789) was an American woman said to have crossed British lines during the British occupation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War, delivering information to George Washington and the Continental Army that warned them of a pending British attack.

Madam Brett Homestead

Revolutionary leaders such as George Washington, the Marquis de La Fayette, and Baron von Steuben are said to have been guests in the house.

Morris–Jumel Mansion

Between September 14 and October 20, 1776, General George Washington used the mansion as his temporary headquarters after he and his army were forced to evacuate Brooklyn Heights following their loss to the British Army under the command of General William Howe in the Battle of Long Island.

Most royal candidate theory

Proponents of the theory claimed that every U.S. president since George Washington can have their bloodline traced back to various European royals, with at least thirty-three presidents having been descended from Alfred the Great and Charlemagne.

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.

Narragansett Pacer

In 1768, George Washington owned and raced a Narragansett Pacer, while in 1772, Edmund Burke asked an American friend for a pair.

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.

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

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.

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.

Swing Bridge at New Bridge Landing

The bridge became vitally important during the American Revolution and was crossed by General George Washington at the head of the retreating garrison of Fort Lee on November 20, 1776, earning its appellation as the Bridge That Saved A Nation.

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.

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.

Zoë Akins

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