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The Secret Plot to Capture Washington Was Closer to Succeeding Than You Think. Here’s the Untold Story.

In 1780, the British forces attempted to capture George Washington, the Continental Army’s leader, and end the American ...
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Why George Washington was a man of many contradictions

George Washington was no myth — just a man, warts and all. Even if he heroically defended the honor of one slave girl, it’s believed he enjoyed the sexual favors of others.
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Without George Washington There Would Have Been No U.S.A. Here ... - Forbes

GEORGE WASHINGTON: The Wonder of the Age--by John Rhodehamel (Yale University Press, $32.50)--is a masterpiece, a concise, fluidly written and well-grounded biography. Rhodehamel, who edited two ...
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George Washington's Western Adventure - The Washington Post

On the thirteenth of September, 1784, coming down from the mountains into the valley of the Youghiogheny, George Washington arrived at the gristmill. His gristmill. He had never seen it.
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George Washington’s First War: The Bloody Prelude to American Independence

Before he became the first U.S. president, George Washington helped ignite a global war. The French and Indian War saw ...
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Navy sailor from Middleburg declared ‘lost at sea’ while serving aboard USS George Washington in Australia

A U.S. Navy sailor from Middleburg was declared “lost at sea” while he served aboard the USS George Washington (CVN 73) in ...
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Unraveling the Past: DNA Unlocks the Secrets of George Washington's Family

Few names have had such a profound impact on American history as George Washington’s. The foundation of the country’s ...
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Touro Synagogue's annual Washington Letter Reading to take place at Old Colony House

For the last 78 years, Touro Synagogue has hosted an annual reading of a letter from George Washington that was addressed to its congregation in 1790. This year, however, the synagogue itself is no ...