No it isn’t.
Besides leading us to independence, this is what makes George Washington the greatest American to have ever lived. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMYaDMVbZtU
His birthday is February 22. George wants said I cannot tell a lie , I chopped down that cherry tree. It’s a lie if you think today is his birthday.
That would be February 22. The day before my birthday
It’s Birthington’s Wash Day!....................
Washington remains the only President with a uniamous Electoral Collage vote. Madison nearly tied him but one representative changed his vote so that Washington remained the only uniamous man.
His birthday is February 22. George once said I cannot tell a lie , I chopped down that cherry tree. It’s a lie if you think today is his birthday.
The President on the Dollar--Mitch Miller (1956)
The president on the dollar,
The Yankee Doodle dollar.
The president on the dollar,
George Washington's his name!
So let’s have a whites sale!
Congress moved Washington’s Birthday federal holiday to the third Monday in February. Nixon called it “Presidents Day” evidently thinking it was to honor both Washington and Lincoln, but Lincoln’s birthday had never been a federal holiday (just a state holiday in some states). Now people seem to think it honors all the Presidents (except those they don’t like).
Happy Birthday George! Have drink on me. :)
At one point 80% of Americans had a portrait of George Washington hanging up in their homes and his “farewell address” was the most reprinted founding document
America has slowly gone down hill since those days
“To his equals he was condescending....”
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Funny how the meaning of words change over time. I’m sure the author didn’t mean this as an insult, but in today’s world this means George was rude and spoke down to his equals.
Washington’s greatest gift to Ameica was his refusal to accept being crowned as King. Many of his contemporaries wanted him to be crowned and begin an American monarchy. But he refused, joining with those advocating for a Constitutional Republic.
George needed a haircut.... : )
Absolutely.