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Little-known facts about the nation’s first president
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George Washington’s historic Virginia plantation
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Confronting the British in Boston in 1775, Gen. George Washington honed the qualities that would carry the day in war and sustain the new nation in peace
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Descended from American Colonists who fled north rather than join the revolution, Canada’s Tories still raise their tankards to King George
Even as he endured the hardships of Valley Forge, George Washington faced another challenge: critics who questioned his fitness to lead
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Founding Fathers and Slaveholders
To what degree do the attitudes of Washington and Jefferson toward slavery diminish their achievements?
A look at the first president’s “best bed” leads to a recollection of the real man and his exemplary life
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A great and good man, but bringing him to life in a debunking age is a hard row to hoe
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