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February 22, 1732
George Washington
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Real George Washington - YouTube National Geographic
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Washington”
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8579 150222 February 22, 1732
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8522 150216 Third Monday of
February, President's Day February 16, 2015 Happy birthday George Washington!
February 22, 1732
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The first President of the
United States
George Washington Biography
General,
U.S. President
George Washington - Wikipedia
February 22, 1732 -
December 14, 1799
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Washington's Birthday - Wikipedia
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Washington receives highest Freemason rank - Aug 04, 1753
- HISTORY.com
Freemasonry - Wikipedia
Presidents: George Washington #1
13787 180106
Two future presidents marry respective sweethearts - Jan
06, 1759 - HISTORY.com
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George Washington #1
| George H.W. Bush #41
14322 180517
Washington criticizes “taxation without
representation” - May 17, 1769 - HISTORY.com
No Taxation Without Representation - YouTube
American Revolution
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Washington #1
Washington assumes command - Jul 03, 1775 - HISTORY.com
Presidents: George
Washington #1
King George III speaks to Parliament of American rebellion
- HISTORY Oct. 27, 1775
Presidents: George
Washington #1
14662 180830
Washington refuses Howe’s letter - Aug 30, 1776 - HISTORY.com
Today in History Battle of Brooklyn Heights (1776) -
YouTube Aug. 27, 1776
13645 171205
Phi Beta Kappa is founded while army flounders - Dec 05,
1776 - HISTORY.com
Phi Beta Kappa Society - Wikipedia
Phi Beta Kappa
Society William & Mary
Williamsburg,
Virginia
Presidents:
George Washington #1
13732 171225
Washington leads troops on raid at Trenton, New Jersey -
Dec 25, 1776 - HISTORY.com
Presidents:
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Hancock resigns as president of Congress - HISTORY
Oct. 29, 1777
John Hancock - YouTube
Presidents:
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Washington puts an end to the Newburgh Conspiracy - Mar
15, 1783 - HISTORY.com
The
Newburgh Conspiracy Washington Intervenes - YouTube
The
Newburgh Conspiracy in a Nutshell - YouTube
American Revolution - Wikipedia a
colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783.
Newburgh,
New York
Presidents
George Washington #1
13636 171204 Washington
bids farewell to his officers - Dec 04, 1783 - HISTORY.com
Presidents:
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First U.S. presidential election - Jan 07, 1789 -
HISTORY.com
The
American Presidential Election of 1788-1789 - YouTube
Presidents: George Washington
#1
13543 171113
First presidential tour concludes - Nov 13, 1789 -
HISTORY.com
Presidents
George Washington #1
13686 171215 The
Bill of Rights becomes law - Dec 15, 1791 - HISTORY.com
Presidents:
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13988 180220
George Washington signs the Postal Service Act - Feb 20,
1792 - HISTORY.com
Presidents:
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14161 180405
Washington exercises first presidential veto - Apr 05,
1792 - HISTORY.com
List of United States presidential vetoes - Wikipedia
Presidents
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13399 171013
White House cornerstone is laid - Oct 13, 1792 -
HISTORY.com
Presidents:
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Washington, D.C.
James Hoban - Wikipedia
1755 – December 8, 1831, an
Irish
architect, best known for
designing
the White House in
Washington, D.C.
George Washington writes to Henry Lee - Aug 26, 1794 -
HISTORY.com
Henry Lee III - Wikipedia
Major-General Henry "Light-Horse
Harry" Lee III, January 29, 1756 – March 25, 1818, an early
American
Patriot and politician
who served as the
ninth
Governor of
Virginia and as the
Virginia
Representative to the
United States Congress.
Presidents:
George Washington #1
| Thomas Jefferson #3
14619 180818
George Washington signs Jay Treaty with Britain - Aug 18,
1795 - HISTORY.com
John Jay
- Wikipedia
December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829, an American statesman,
Patriot, diplomat, one of
the
Founding Fathers of the United States,
signatory of the
Treaty of Paris, and
first
Chief Justice of the United States
(1789–95).
...
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Thomas Jefferson #3 |
James Madison #4
13281 170917
Washington prepares final draft of farewell address - Sep
17, 1796 - HISTORY.com
Presidents:
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13680 171214 First
U.S. President George Washington dies - Dec 14, 1799 - HISTORY.com
Presidents:
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12771 170522
Martha Washington dies - May 22, 1802 - HISTORY.com
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13250 170910
Andrew Jackson shuts down Second Bank of the U.S. - Sep
10, 1833 - HISTORY.com
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#7 | George Washington #1
13056 170730
President Eisenhower signs “In God We Trust”
into law - Jul 30, 1956 - HISTORY.com
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Washington #1
born September 6, 1757
Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette biography.com
Washington's Generals Marquis de Lafayette - YouTube
Liberty's Kids #22 Lafayette Arrives - YouTube
The French Aristocrat Who Helped George Washington Defeat
The British Forbes, 07/10/2016
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette - Wikipedia
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834, in the
U.S. often known simply as Lafayette, was a
French aristocrat and
military officer who fought in the
American Revolutionary War.
A close friend of
George Washington,
Alexander Hamilton, and
Thomas Jefferson,
Lafayette was a key figure in the
French Revolution of 1789
and the
July Revolution of 1830.
...
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Washington Monument (U.S. National
Park Service)
Washington, D.C.
11572 160809 born
August 2, 1754
Pierre Charles L'Enfant
Almanac: The designer of Washington, D.C. - YouTube
A Brief History of Pierre L’Enfant and Washington, D.C.
Arts & Culture Smithsonian
Pierre Charles L'Enfant - Wikipedia
August 2, 1754 – June 14, 1825, a
French-born American
architect and
civil engineer best known
for designing the layout of the streets of
Washington, D.C., the
L'Enfant Plan. ...
◄ US Capitol, Washington [HD] ► - YouTube
The L'Enfant and McMillian Plans
NPS
National Mall and Memorial Parks (U.S. National Park Service)
Washington D.C.
11858 161105
born c. 519 BC
Cincinnatus
Cincinnatus - the hero who saved Rome - History in an Hour
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus - Wikipedia
Lucius Quinctius or Quintius
Cincinnatus, c. 519–430 BC,
a
Roman
patrician,
statesman, and
military leader of the
early
Republic who became a
legendary figure of
Roman virtues—particularly
Roman manliness and
civic virtue—by the time
of the
Empire.
...
His success and immediate
resignation of his near-absolute authority with the end of this crisis
(traditionally dated to 458 BC) has often been cited
as an example of outstanding leadership, service to the greater good,
civic virtue, lack of
personal ambition, and modesty. As a result, he has inspired a number of
organizations and other entities, some named in his honor.
...
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus - Republican Leader of Rome
Cincinnatus- A person with curly hair, sin-si-NAT-əs,
Latin on BellyBallot
Society of the Cincinnati - Wikipedia
Fifty Famous Stories Retold 24 -- The Story of Cincinnatus
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born October 30, 1735
John Adams #2
John Adams - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com
#02 John Adams - YouTube
John Adams - Wikipedia
October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826, an American lawyer,
author, statesman, and diplomat. He served as the
second
President of the United States
(1797–1801), the
first
Vice President
(1789–1797), and as a
Founding Father was a
leader of American independence from
Great Britain.
John Adams
(TV Mini-Series 2008) - IMDb
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Adams - Declaration of Independence - YouTube
Washington seeks John's advice - John Adams - YouTube
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| John Quincy Adams #6
Massachusetts
13452 171025
John Adams marries Abigail Smith - Oct 25, 1764 -
HISTORY.com
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Adams passes first of Alien and Sedition Acts - Jun 18,
1798 - HISTORY.com
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| Thomas Jefferson #3
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Jefferson #3 | James
Madison #4
14316 180515
President John Adams orders federal government to
Washington, D.C. - May 15, 1800 - HISTORY.com
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President John Adams moves into a tavern in Washington,
D.C. - Jun 03, 1800 - HISTORY.com
John
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President Adams leaves office - YouTube
Presidents
John Adams #2
Death of the founding fathers - Jul 04, 1826 - HISTORY.com
When three presidents died on the Fourth of July,
Americans saw the work of God - LA Times
Deaths of Adams and Jefferson, July 4, 1826 - YouTube
The Letters of Adams and Jefferson - YouTube
Presidents:
John Adams #2
| Thomas Jefferson #3 |
James Monroe #5
Independence
Day
10464 151121
November 22, 1744
Happy birthday Abigail Adams!
Abigail Adams - U.S. First Lady - Biography.com
Abigail Adams - YouTube
Abigail Adams Was Brilliant - YouTube
Abigail Smith Adams | whitehouse.gov
Portraits of the U.S. First Ladies | The White House
Abigail Adams - Wikipedia
November 22 [O.S.
November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818, the wife of
John Adams and the mother
of
John Quincy Adams.
Abigail Adams asks her husband to “remember the ladies” -
Mar 31, 1776 - HISTORY.com
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Founding Fathers of the United States
10731 160118
January 17, 1706 Happy birthday Benjamin Franklin!
THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - Discovery History
Biography (full documentary) - YouTube
Animated Hero Classics Benjamin Franklin - YouTube
8341 150124-0125 January 17, 1706
Happy birthday Benjamin Franklin!
Benjamin Franklin Biography
Writer,
Inventor,
Scientist
Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia
January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790
Benjamin Franklin - American Revolution -
HISTORY.com
Benjamin Franklin Quotes - BrainyQuote
Founding Fathers of the United States - Wikipedia
America's Founding Fathers - Delegates to the
Constitutional Convention
born April 19, 1721
Roger Sherman
Biography.com Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman - YouTube
Roger Sherman - Wikipedia
April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793,
an early
American
lawyer and
statesman, as well as a
Founding Father of the United States.
...
Intro To The 56 Signers - YouTube
56
Men - Signers of the Declaration of Independence - YouTube
Massachusetts
born September 27, 1722 Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams - American Revolution - HISTORY.com
Sons
of Liberty - Ep. 3 Independence - Sam Adams' Speech to Congress - YouTube
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Liberty`s Kids #01 The Boston Tea Party (1-2) - YouTube 1/2 &
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Samuel Adams - Wikipedia
September 27, 1722 – October 2, 1803, an American
statesman,
political philosopher,
and one of the
Founding Fathers of the United States.
... He was a second cousin to President
John Adams.
Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Company) - Wikipedia
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born February 5, 1723
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon - Educator - Biography.com
Signers of the Declaration of Independence
John Witherspoon - Wikipedia
John Knox Witherspoon, February 5, 1723 – November 15, 1794, a
Scottish-American
Presbyterian minister and
a
Founding Father of the United States.
Witherspoon embraced the concepts of
Scottish Common Sense Realism,
and while president of the College of New Jersey (1768–94; now
Princeton University),
became an influential figure in the development of the United States' national
character. Politically active, Witherspoon was a delegate from
New Jersey to the
Second Continental Congress
and a signatory to the July 4, 1776,
Declaration of Independence.
He was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the
Declaration. ...
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Princeton Companion, copyright Princeton University Press (1978)
John
Witherspoon - YouTube.
1776 (Excerpt of Signing Declaration of Independence) -
YouTube
56 Men - Signers of the Declaration of Independence -
YouTube
John Adams - Declaration of Independence - YouTube
John Adams - God Save America (HQ) Independence Speech -
YouTube
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born December 11, 1725
George Mason
George Mason - - Biography.com
George Mason: Forgotten Founder, He Conceived the Bill of
Rights | Smithsonian
George Mason - Wikipedia
December 11, 1725 – October 7, 1792, a Virginia planter
and politician, and a delegate to the
U.S. Constitutional Convention
of 1787, one of three men who refused to sign. His writings have been a
significant influence on political thought and events, including substantial
portions of the
Fairfax Resolves of 1774,
the
Virginia Declaration of Rights
of 1776, and his Objections to this Constitution of Government (1787) in
opposition to ratification of
the constitution. The
Virginia Declaration of Rights, which Mason principally authored, served as a
basis for the
United States Bill of Rights,
of which he has been deemed the father.
...
The
Constitution A Dialogue with James Madison & George Mason - YouTube
"George Mason: Patriot of Liberty" A Documentary on George Mason's Life and Legacy
- YouTube
10439 151116
November 13, 1732?(, Nov. 8, or Nov. 15) Happy birthday
John Dickinson!
John Dickinson - Journalist, General - Biography.com
November 8, 1732 - February 14,
1808
John Dickinson Plantation pt.1 - YouTube
John Dickinson Plantation pt. 2 - YouTube
John Dickinson (Pennsylvania and Delaware) - Wikipedia
November 13 or 15, 1732 (Nov. 2 or 4, 1732, OS) - February 14, 1808, a
Founding Father of the United States,
was a solicitor and politician from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
and
Wilmington, Delaware
known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his twelve
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania,
...
I
Have Looked for Our Rights - YouTube
John
Dickinson - YouTube
born January
1, 1735 Paul
Revere
Paul Revere Biography
Folk Hero, 1735 - 1818
Paul
Revere - Mini Biography - YouTube
Paul Revere - Wikipedia
January
1, 1735 –
May 10, 1818, an American
silversmith,
engraver, early
industrialist, and a
Patriot in the
American Revolution. He
is best known for alerting the Colonial militia to the approach of
British forces before the
battles of Lexington and Concord,
as dramatized in
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's
poem, "Paul
Revere's Ride".
born May 29, 1736
Patrick Henry
Biography.com Patrick Henry
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death - YouTube
Patrick Henry - Wikipedia May
29, 1736 – June 6, 1799, an American attorney,
planter and politician
who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia
in the 1770s. A
Founding Father, he
served as the
first and sixth
post-colonial
Governor of Virginia,
...
10758 160123
January 23, 1737 Happy birthday John Hancock!
Biography.com John Hancock
John Hancock - YouTube
John
Hancock - Wikipedia January 23, 1737 [O.S.
January 12, 1736] – October 8, 1793, an American merchant, smuggler, statesman,
and prominent
Patriot of the
American Revolution. He
served as
president of the
Second Continental Congress
and was the
first and third
Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the
United States Declaration of Independence,
so much so that the term "John Hancock" has become, in the United States, a
synonym for a signature. ....
8466 150209 February 9, 1737 Happy birthday
Thomas Paine!
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Presidents &
Founding Fathers
4897 140129 O.S. January 29, 1737
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Thomas Paine Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story -
Biography.com February 9, 1737 - June 8, 1809 Occupation:
Inventor, Political Leader, Journalist
Thomas Paine
UShistory.org
Thomas
Paine - Wikipedia
English-American
political activist, author, political theorist and revolutionary
Thomas Paine - Common Sense - YouTube
born
January 21, 1738
Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen--Benedict Arnold and Ft Ticonderoga - YouTube
The Story of Ethan Allen - YouTube
Biography.com
Ethan Allen
Green Mountain Boys (Animated Historical Fiction) - YouTube
Ethan Allen - Wikipedia
January 21, 1738 –
February 12, 1789, a farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer,
lay theologian, and
American Revolutionary War
patriot, hero, and
politician. He is best known as one of the founders of the
U.S. state of
Vermont, and for the
capture of Fort Ticonderoga
early in the
American Revolutionary War
along with
Benedict Arnold....
Ethan Allen is captured - Sep 25, 1775 - HISTORY.com
Connecticut |
Vermont
born December 23, 1745
John
Jay
Biography.com
John
Jay
John
Jay - Wikipedia
December 23, 1745 (December
12, 1745
OS) – May 17, 1829, an
American statesman,
Patriot, diplomat, one of
the
Founding Fathers of the United States,
signer of the
Treaty of Paris, and
first
Chief Justice of the United States
(1789–95).
...
John Jay: The Reluctant Revolutionary - YouTube
Jay's Treaty - YouTube
John Jay
- Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com
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November 27, 1746
Happy birthday
Robert R. Livingston!
Robert R. Livingston - Diplomat, Lawyer - Biography.com
Robert Livingston The American
Revolutionary War
Robert R. Livingston (chancellor) - Wikipedia
November 27, 1746 (Old
style November 16) – February 26, 1813, an
American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a
Founding Father of the United States.
He was known as "The Chancellor",
...
Founding Fathers of the United States - Wikipedia
born January 11, 1755
Alexander Hamilton
Biography.com
with a video
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton - Wikipedia
January 11, 1755 or 1757 - July 12, 1804,
a
Founding Father of the United States,
chief
staff aide to General
George Washington, one of
the most influential interpreters and promoters of the
U.S. Constitution, the
founder of the nation's financial system, the founder of the
Federalist Party, the
world's first voter-based political party, the Father of the
United States Coast Guard,
and the founder of
The New York Post. As
the first
Secretary of the Treasury,
...
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Alexander Hamilton Rap (whitehouse version with subtitles) - YouTube
ESPN
covers Hamilton Burr Duel - YouTube
Aaron Burr - U.S. Vice President, U.S. Representative,
Lawyer - Biography.com
born June 6, 1755
Nathan Hale
Biography.com
Nathan Hale
Nathan
Hale - Wikipedia
June 6, 1755 – September
22, 1776, an
American soldier and spy
for the
Continental Army during
the
American Revolutionary War.
He volunteered for an
intelligence-gathering
mission in
New York City but was
captured by the British and executed. His
last words before being
hanged were purported to be "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for
my country." ...
Liberty's Kids #16 One Life to Lose - YouTube
Nathan Hale, American Spy... What His
Sacrifice Means on Our Independence Day - YouTube
born September 24, 1755
John Marshall
John Marshall biography.com
John
Marshall: The Chief Justice Who Saved the Nation - YouTube
Marbury v. Madison - YouTube
John
Marshall - Wikipedia
September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835, the
fourth
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
(1801–1835). His court opinions helped lay the basis for
United States constitutional law
and many say made the
Supreme Court of the United States
a coequal
branch of government
along with the legislative and executive branches.
...
John
Marshall History Project - YouTube
Colony of Virginia - Wikipedia,
British America - Wikipedia
Virginia
Presidents: John Adams #2
| Thomas Jefferson #3
..
born October 16, 1758
Noah Webster
Biography.com Noah Webster
Noah Webster - Wikipedia
October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843, an American
lexicographer, textbook
pioneer,
English-language spelling reformer,
political writer, editor, and prolific author. He has been called the "Father of
American Scholarship and Education".
Noah
Webster Biosketch - YouTube
Noah
Webster House -- Connecticut's Cultural Treasures - YouTube
Who
was Noah Webster? - Drive Thru History with Dave Stotts - YouTube
Merriam-Webster - Wikipedia
Biography.com Samuel Johnson
How the English Language Came About, Different Spellings,
Johnson and Webster Dictionaries - YouTube
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January 14, 1741
Benedict Arnold was born.
Biography.com
Benedict Arnold
American Revolution e10 - Biography_Benedict
Arnold-Triumph and Treason - YouTube
Benedict Arnold - Wikipedia
January 14, 1741 – June 14, 1801, a
general during the
American Revolutionary War
who originally fought for the American
Continental Army but
defected to the
British Army.
... Because of the way he changed sides, his name quickly became a
byword in the United
States for
treason or betrayal. His
conflicting legacy is recalled in the ambiguous nature of
some of the memorials
that have been placed in his honor...
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