Don’t forget to enter the book giveaway! Drawing will be sometime tomorrow evening.
George Washington - Gilbert Stuart
Mouseketeer Washington - BeatUpCreations
February 4, 1789
“On this day in 1789, George Washington becomes the first and only president to be unanimously elected by the Electoral College. He repeated this notable feat on the same day in 1792.”
18th Century Zombies - Found on etsy! Plemon Studios has some great work, and I love these portraits of our Founding Fathers.
Zombie George Washington
Zombie Thomas Jefferson
Zombie Benjamin Franklin
September 2, 1789
President Washington approved of Congress’ proposal to create the Department of the Treasury. The Treasury Department is the second oldest department in the federal government.
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"That Washington was not a scholar is certain. That he is too illiterate, unlearned, unread for his station is equally beyond dispute."
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John Adams on George Washington
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December 14, 1799
George Washington dies.
