George Washington Cut Six Sentences From His Farewell Address. They’re Haunting Me Now.
The conflicts of popular factions are the chief, if not the only inlets, of usurpation and Tyranny,” the first president ...
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George Washington’s Farewell: A Warning for Our Times
On Feb. 22, we celebrate the birthday of our first president, George Washington. I like to take this occasion to reflect on ...
How George Washington's Silence Shaped America's Most Powerful Office
Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...
Letter George Washington wrote in N.J. in 1777 is for sale. Here’s the price tag.
Washington signed the letter on May 7, 1777. It was written in response to a letter, five days earlier, from Brigadier ...
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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 ...