About Me

Revolution

Washington takes command of the Continental Army
Washington directs the retreat from New York
read about the Battle of Long Island

crossing the Delaware
read about the Battle of Trenton

Battle of Princeton
the Battle of Princeton
read about the Battle of Princeton

Battle of Brandywine
read about the Battle of Brandywine

read about the Battle of Germantown

march to Valley Forge
read about Valley Forge

Washington rebukes Gen. Charles Lee at Monmouth
Washington rallies the troops at Monmouth
read about the Battle of Monmouth

greeting Rochambeau & the French at Newport
Rochambeau & Washington at Yorktown
Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
Washington resigns his commission
farewell to his officers

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My Interests

Mount Vernon

family

French and Indian War

Christopher Gist & Half King - Washington's companions
delivering message at Fort LeBeouf
read about Fort LeBoeuf

Battle of Jumonville Glen
read about Jumonville Glen

Fort Necessity
Battle of Great Meadows - Fort Necessity
Washington surrenders at Fort Necessity
read about Fort Necessity & the Battle of the Great Meadows

Braddock's Defeat
read about the Braddock Expedition

Fort Ligonier
capture of Fort Duquense
read about the Forbes Campaign

Colonel George Washington

President

Washington's Inauguration
swearing in

Washington & his cabinent
diplomacy with Chief Redjacket
Lady Washington's Ball
reviewing the Whiskey Rebellion troops with Alexander Hamilton

I'd like to meet:

Generals & Government

Movies:

The First American

My Blog

Washington enters the World Stage - French & Indian War

At 22 years of age Washington fired some of the first shots of the French and Indian War, soon to become part of the worldwide Seven Years' War. The trouble began in 1753, when France began building a...
Posted by George Washington on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:58:00 PST

Washington in the Revolution

After fighting broke out in April 1775, Washington appeared at the Second Continental Congress in military uniform, signaling that he was prepared for war. Washington had the prestige, the military ex...
Posted by George Washington on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:53:00 PST

Washington's Presidency

Washington was elected unanimously by the Electoral College in 1789, and he remains the only person ever to be elected president unanimously (a feat which he duplicated in the 1792 election). As runne...
Posted by George Washington on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:49:00 PST

His Excellency: George Washington, by Joseph J. Ellis - a review

A Balanced Introduction His Excellency George Washington attempts to free Washington from the frozen icon/monument status that has gathered around his name, and presents him to the reader as an appr...
Posted by George Washington on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:44:00 PST

Washington's Crossing, by David Hackett Fischer - a review

Absolutely Essential & Eminently Readable Washington's Crossing is at once both rich with detail and eminently readable, scholarly, yet approachable. In it, the author covers the period from whi...
Posted by George Washington on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:42:00 PST

An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America - a review

Washington and America's Original Sin - A Cautionary Tale The troubling and uncomfortable subject of America's slave owning founders is a difficult one with which to deal, and one that many American...
Posted by George Washington on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:39:00 PST

The Grand Idea: George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the West - a review

A Hero, An Idea, A River, and A Republic `The Grand Idea' is a book with a very loose central theme - George Washington's vision (share by many others) of the westward expansion of the young United ...
Posted by George Washington on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:36:00 PST