George Washington - Early life - Article Index

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Early Life
According to the Julian calendar, Washington was born on February 11, 1731; according to the Gregorian calendar, which was adopted during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Early Life
According to the Julian calendar, Washington was born on February 11, 1731; according to the Gregorian calendar, which was adopted during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Early Life
According to the Julian calendar, Washington was born on February 11, 1731; according to the Gregorian calendar, which was adopted during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia - George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was the successful Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the American...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia - George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was the successful Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the American...   » Read the article

Article - Practising Affirmations: How To Receive Creative Inspiration At Will
The famous American scientist of the early twentieth century, George Washington Carver, was trying to make sandpaper, but he wasn't ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington Carver: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington Carver - Death And Afterwards
Upon returning home one day, Carver took a bad fall down a flight of stairs; he was found unconscious by a maid who took him to a hospita...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Soros: Encyclopedia Ii - George Soros - Soros Vs. Bush
Soros was not a large donor to US political causes until the 2004 US presidential elections. In an interview with The Washington Post on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George S. Greene: Encyclopedia Ii - George S. Greene - Postbellum Career
After the war, Greene returned to civil engineering in New York and Washington, D.C.. At the age of 86, he inspected the entire 30-mile C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biruté Galdikas: Encyclopedia Ii - Biruté Galdikas - Recognition
Galdikas has been featured in Life, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, numerous television documentaries, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harry Reid: Encyclopedia Ii - Harry Reid - Early Life And Work
Reid is a converted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a native of the small mining town of Searchlight, Nevad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Jay: Encyclopedia Ii - John Jay - Chief Justice
In 1789, George Washington nominated Jay as the first Chief Justice of the United States. Jay's most notable case was Chisholm v. Georgia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wesley Merritt: Encyclopedia Ii - Wesley Merritt - Civil War
In 1862 Merritt was appointed captain in the U.S. Cavalry and served as an aide-de-camp to Brigadier General Philip St. George Cooke, who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - J. Edgar Hoover: Encyclopedia Ii - J. Edgar Hoover - Early Life And Education
Hoover was born in Washington, DC, but few details are known of his early years; a birth certificate for him was not filed until 1938. Wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthony Wayne: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthony Wayne - Northwest Indian War
President George Washington recalled Wayne from civilian life in order to lead an expedition in the Northwest Indian War, which up to tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mark Warner: Encyclopedia Ii - Mark Warner - Early Life And Career
Warner was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and was raised in Vernon, Connecticut where he graduated from Rockville High School. He attended...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John B. Magruder: Encyclopedia Ii - John B. Magruder - Civil War
At the start of the Civil War, Magruder was assigned to the artillery in the garrison forces of Washington, D.C., but he resigned from th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mo Udall: Encyclopedia Ii - Mo Udall - Presidential Campaign
In 1976, he ran for the Democratic nomination for President as a liberal alternative to the Southern centrist Jimmy Carter, the former Go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Iredell: Encyclopedia Ii - James Iredell - Supreme Court Justice
On February 10, 1790, George Washington nominated James Iredell to the post of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and he was confirme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abdullah Of Saudi Arabia: Encyclopedia Ii - Abdullah Of Saudi Arabia - Relationship With The United States
In October 1976, as Abdullah was being groomed for greater responsibility in Riyadh, he was sent to the United States to meet with then-P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thomas L. Rosser: Encyclopedia Ii - Thomas L. Rosser - Civil War
Rosser was commissioned first lieutenant and became an instructor to the famed "Washington Artillery" of New Orleans. He commanded its Se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James E. Webb: Encyclopedia Ii - James E. Webb - Early Career
Born in Tally Ho, North Carolina, Webb was educated at the University of North Carolina, where he received an A.B. in education in 1928. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin Pierce: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin Pierce - Legacy
Places named after President Pierce: Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School District in Tacoma, Washing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marv Levy: Encyclopedia Ii - Marv Levy - In Professional Sports
Levy began his professional sports coaching career in 1969 as kicking teams coach for the Philadelphia Eagles before joining George Allen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicholas Van Dyke 1738-1789: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicholas Van Dyke 1738-1789 - Death And Legacy
Van Dyke died February 19, 1789 at Berwick, in St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, and was buried there at first. Later hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - F. T. F. Lovejoy: Encyclopedia Ii - F. T. F. Lovejoy - Early Life
F.T.F., as he was known, was born on July 21, 1854 in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of William A. Lovejoy and his wife Mary Jane Robinson....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John J. Pershing: Encyclopedia Ii - John J. Pershing - Later Career
In 1920, in recognition of his distinguished service during World War I, the US Congress authorized the President to promote Pershing to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel Lujan Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel Lujan Jr. - Secretary Of The Interior
Beginning with Ronald Reagan’s inauguration in 1981, Lujan was often mentioned as a potential nominee for Interior Secretary. Along wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Howard Dean: Encyclopedia Ii - Howard Dean - Post-campaign & Democracy For America
Following Dean's withdrawal after the Wisconsin primary, he pledged to support the eventual Democratic nominee. Though many supporters en...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia Ii - Aaron Burr - Military Service
During the American Revolutionary War, Burr accompanied Gen. Benedict Arnold's expedition into Canada in 1775, and on arriving before the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel Morgan: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel Morgan - French And Indian War
In 1755 Morgan was hired as a civilian teamster to accompany the Braddock Expedition against Fort Duquesne. After the Battle of the Wilde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thomas Gage: Encyclopedia Ii - Thomas Gage - French And Indian War
In 1754 Gage was sent to America as part of in General Braddock's expeditionary force. Future military foe George Washington served with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thomas Jefferson: Encyclopedia Ii - Thomas Jefferson - Monuments And Memorials
On April 13, 1943, the 200th anniversary of Jefferson's birth, the Jefferson Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. The memorial comb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Supreme Court Appointments
President Roosevelt appointed nine Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, which, depending on one's point of view, either pu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - The Path To War
At the 1938 Congressional elections the Republicans staged their first comeback since 1932, gaining seats in both Houses and reducing Roo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - The Third Term And The Path To War 1941-1945
After the 1938 Congressional elections the Republicans staged their first comeback since 1932. They gained seats in both Houses of Congre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Supreme Court Appointments
President Roosevelt appointed nine Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States. George Washington appointed eleven. By 1941 eight ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Legacy And Memorials
Lincoln's death made the President a martyr to many. Today he is perhaps America's second most famous and beloved President after George ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Presidency: 1789-1797
Main article: Washington Administration George Washington was elected unanimously by the Electoral College in 1789, and remains the only ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Presidency: 1789-1797
George Washington was elected unanimously by the Electoral College in 1789, and remains the only person ever to be elected president unan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Presidency: 1789-1797
George Washington was elected unanimously by the Electoral College in 1789, and remains the only person ever to be elected president unan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Virginia Planter 1783-1787
On December 23, 1783, General Washington resigned his commission as Commander in Chief of the Army to the Congress, which was then meetin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - After His Death
Congressman Henry Light Horse Harry Lee, a Revolutionary War comrade, famously eulogized Washington as "a citizen, first in war, first in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Retirement And Death
After retiring from the presidency in March 1797, Washington returned to Mount Vernon with a profound sense of relief. He established a d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - After His Death
Congressman Henry Light Horse Harry Lee, a Revolutionary War comrade, famously eulogized Washington as "a citizen, first in war, first in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - American Revolution: 1774-1783
Main articles: American Revolution and American Revolutionary War By 1774, Washington had become one of the colonies' wealthiest men. In ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Home In Virginia 1783-1787
On December 23, 1783, General Washington resigned his commission as Commander in Chief of the Army to the Congress, which was then meetin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Retirement And Death
After retiring from the presidency in March 1797, Washington returned to Mount Vernon with a profound sense of relief. He established a d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Virginia Planter 1783-1787
On December 23, 1783 General George Washington resigned his commission as Commander in Chief of the Army to the Congress, which was then ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - French And Indian War: 1753-1773
At twenty-two years of age, George Washington fired some of the first shots of what would become a war between colonial powers. The troub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - American Revolution: 1774-1783
By 1774, Washington had become one of the colonies' wealthiest men. In that year, he was chosen as a delegate from Virginia to the First ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - After His Death
Congressman Henry Light Horse Harry Lee, a Revolutionary War comrade, famously eulogized Washington as "a citizen, first in war, first in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Personal Information
Washington was a man of great personal integrity, with a deeply held sense of duty, honor and patriotism. He was courageous and farsighte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Retirement And Death
After retiring from the presidency in March 1797, Washington returned to Mount Vernon with a profound sense of relief. He established a d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - French And Indian War: 1754-1763
At twenty-two years of age, Washington fired some of the first shots of what would become a war between colonial powers. The trouble bega...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - American Revolution: 1774-1783
By 1774, Washington had become one of the colonies' wealthiest men. In that year, he was chosen as a delegate from Virginia to the First ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Personal Information
Washington was a man of great personal integrity, with a deeply held sense of duty, honor and patriotism. He was courageous and farsighte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington - Personal Information
Washington was a man of great personal integrity, with a deeply held sense of duty, honor and patriotism. He was courageous and farsighte...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap V - G
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages V - G . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. &...   » Read the article