Two of Three Great Americans

George Washington:

 

"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves."

 

 

George Washington was born in 1732 in Virginia. His family was a Virginia planter family and taught him good morals, manners, and a body of knowledge required for an eighteenth century Virginia gentlemen. At a relatively young age, Washington started to develop an interest in military arts and learning about western expansion. In 1754 he became a lieutenant colonel, he fought in little skirmishes, which eventually grew into the revolutionary war. The next year he had survived four bullet shots being ripped through his coat and two horses being shot out from under him. In 1775 at a congress meeting, Washington was elected commander in chief of the continental army. On July third, 1775, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, he took command of his army and declared war for America's freedom. In 1781 they won the war after six grueling years and declared their freedom from the British. In 1789 he was elected America's first president, in which he set the standards for all American presidents today.

 

-A famous picture of George Washington leading the troops into battle, while he is next to the American flag.