george washington

     

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Trivia about george washington

  • He's the only U.S. president who never lived in the District of Columbia
  • A traveling exhibit honoring the 200th anniversary of his death features his false teeth
  • He was the first president to preside over 14 states
  • An education center at his historic home includes galleries called "First in War" & "A Leader's Smile"
  • This president appointed more Supreme Court justices than any other
  • This Virginian, beloved in peace & war, is featured on the Great Seal of the Confederacy
  • His half-brother Lawrence served in the British navy under Admiral Edward Vernon
  • Tonight, the wooden teeth--fact or fiction? Also, his 1754 Fort Necessity battle loss...Mt. Vernon, hello
  • Serving from 1789 to 1797, he wanted the U.S. presidency to be nonpartisan
  • There's a pyramid on the back of his greenback
  • We cannot tell a lie: this president made the shortest inaugural speech, only 90 seconds
  • During his first term as president, the Bill of Rights became law
  • The only president who died in the eighteenth century
  • The student newspaper of this D.C. university is the GW Hatchet
  • 1732-1799
  • The Conway Cabal, a New England congressional group, plotted to oust this man as commander-in-chief
  • Martha Custis(1759-1799)
  • Begun in 1815, America's first large-scale monument to this man towers above Mount Vernon Place
  • William Rush's statue of this man in Independence Hall is made of wood, teeth & all
  • This general announced the end of the Revolutionary War & disbanded the army in Newburgh, New York
  • Though without military experience, Hancock expected the commander-in-chief job that went to this man
  • Though this president chose the general site for the executive mansion, he never lived there
  • His wife had a pet parrot which he hated; perhaps it perched in his cherry tree
  • "The Surveyor President"
  • He was the only U.S. president to die in the 18th century
  • He was our country's 1st blue-eyed president
  • In 1896 Woodrow Wilson published a book on this man who was president in 1796
  • On August 4, 1753 Lodge No. 4 in Fredericksburg, Virginia initiated him into the Masons
  • Much of this man's 1796 farewell address was Alexander Hamilton's work
  • In 1749 he was appointed surveyor of Culpeper County, Virginia
  • In 1789 this president announced that he would henceforth only drink porter beer made in America
  • On December 18, 1799, hundreds of people accompanied his coffin to its grave site
  • Federalist Party1789-1797
  • He was first called "The Father of His Country" in a 1779 almanac published in Pennsylvania
  • According to Parson Weems, this man was incapable of being mendacious
  • He won with the least number of electoral votes ever -- 69
  • Gilbert Stuart's unfinished "Athenaeum Head" portrait of this man appears on the $1 bill
  • It's an easy guess; he's on the lowest denomination, the $50
  • In 1919 Pershing was made General of the Armies, a rank that had been created for this man
  • Col. Lewis Nicola led a movement to make this man king of America
  • During the war General Thomas Conway suggested that this man be replaced as commander-in-chief
  • In an 1851 work this general stands in a small boat on the Delaware, a U.S. flag nearby
  • Soon after his father's death in 1743, he went to live with half-brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon
  • "The Surveyor President"
  • Among this president's last words on December 14, 1799 were "I die hard, but I am not afraid to go"
  • In 1748 Lord Fairfax hired this 16-year-old to help survey his lands in the Shenandoah Valley
  • On July 4, 1776 this head of the army was in New York preparing for a British attack
  • Georgetown, Ohio was named for Georgetown, Kentucky which was named for this man
  • On Dec. 1, 1776 this commander in chief found himself leading an army of only about 3,000 men
  • Portraitist Gilbert Stuart produced over 1,100 paintings, 104 of which were likenesses of this man
  • Around 1800 Parson Weems wrote of this man's unauthorized juvenile lumberjacking
  • This president adopted John Parke Custis & Martha Parke Custis
  • From 1789 to 1797 he cast only 2 vetoes, an average of 1 per presidential tern
  • According to the legend, Robert Morris, George Ross & this man asked Betsy to make the first Stars & Stripes
  • On July 4, 1776 this head of the Army was in New York preparing for a British attack
  • In 1776 he told the Continental Army that it must "resolve to conquer or die"
  • The District of Columbia's flag is the banner of the arms of his ancestral family in England
  • The only president who fought in the French & Indian War
  • With 10, he's the only U.S. president who appointed more justices to the Supreme Court than FDR, who appointed 9
  • The only 2 individuals to run for president unopposed were James Monroe & this man
  • Thomas Conway was involved in a 1777 plot to replace this American commander-in-chief with Horatio Gates
  • General Howe faced him in Brandywine, Germantown, & Long Island battles
  • 1799:"It is well"
  • On July 4, 1798 he became the only former president named commander-in-chief of American forces
  • A confirmed hypochondriac, he was in constant pain because of false teeth
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew has dibs on a drumstick.) We should all give thanks to this U.S. president who proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving in 1789
  • Although written by Parson Weems, the line "I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet" is often attributed to him
  • The last words of this first president to die were, "It is well I die hard, but I am not afraid to go."
  • In May 1787 this Virginian was chosen president of the Constitutional Convention unanimously
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a park in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.) It's hard to believe the picturesque Jackson Square was once used as a dump; in 1932 it was beautified & named for this president for his 200th birthday
  • In 1790 this president wrote a letter on religious toleration to the Jews of Newport, Rhode Island
  • In his 1789 address he stated that he didn't believe he should be paid for becoming president
  • He was the first U.S. president who was not a college graduate
  • Before the Battle of Long Island, he told the Continental Army, “We have...to resolve to conquer or die”
  • In 1753, concerned over French fort-building in the Ohio Valley, Virginia sent this 21-year-old to check things out
  • The District of Columbia's flag is based on this man's coat-of-arms
  • 1st president to refuse a 3rd term
  • The site for the White House was chosen by James Hoban, Charles L' Enfant & this man
  • The World Book's article on dentistry features a photo of this man's dentures
  • On Sept. 17, 1796 he issued his farewell address
  • Jefferson,Knox,Hamilton
  • He's the first president who wasn't a signer of the Declaration of Independence
  • Featuring an eagle & a sunburst, one of the most sought-after political buttons in the U.S. is from his 1789 inaugural
  • He's the only man on a current U.S. bill who petitioned for an officer's commission in the British military
  • He was the first U.S. president to be unanimously elected
  • Later president, this American was etched here in 1782
  • The current Purple Heart medal has a portrait of this man on it
  • On September 17, 1787 this future president became the first person to sign the Constitution
  • In a painting by his friend John Trumbull, he's seen here resigning his commission in 1783
  • In 1755, at age 23, he was appointed Commander-In-Chief of all the Virginia forces
  • Horatio Greenough's 1840 statue of this president represented him posed like the god Zeus
  • John Adams
  • He spins in Virginia when the legal federal holiday for his birthday is celebrated as "Presidents' Day"
  • In 1754 at Fort Necessity, his first major military command brought the one surrender of his career--& to the French!
  • The home this president bought for his mother Mary is a tourist attraction in Fredericksburg
  • He was the first Army general to become president of the United States
  • In 1758 he resigned his commission in the Virginia militia; in 1759 he married Martha Custis
  • E.-C. Genet, an 18th c. French minister to the U.S., undermined the neutrality policy of his pres., who got him recalled
  • Woodlawn in Virginia was the home of this president's step-granddaughter Nellie Custis
  • Fort Necessity was built by this future general & was the site of his only surrender
  • This lieutenant colonel led the British forces in the battle that began the French & Indian War
  • He was the only president inaugurated in two different cities
  • Bushrod, the favorite nephew of this president, became a Supreme Court justice in 1798
  • The first issue cost 6 pence & was published during this U.S. president's first term
  • He crossed from heads to tails to appear on the reverse of the 1999 New Jersey quarter
  • In 1796 he said that the U.S. should "steer clear of permanent alliances" in foreign policy
  • He had no kids of his own, but he loved his stepdaughter Patsy Custis as if she were his own daughter
  • The final draft of his farewell address was written by Alexander Hamilton
  • On June 15, 1775 he was unanimously elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
  • When the Constitutional Convention met in May 1787, this man was chosen its presiding officer
  • He was the first president to serve 2 terms in office
  • In 1753 this Virginian with a future in politics said the area was "extremely well situated for a fort"
  • Person for whom the Evergreen State was named
  • U.S. quarter,dollar bill,only 1 state flag
  • The last work of the creator of Rip Van Winkle was a 5-volume bio of this man, the author's namesake
  • For the 200th anniversary of his birth, a 1932 issue had a map of his travels, including, of course, Virginia
  • When John Jay quit, John Rutledge failed to win confirmation as Chief Justice for this president
  • A 1783 letter signed by this general (& future president) was stolen in the 1940s but turned up at a 2006 auction
  • In 1754 he ordered his Virginia militiamen to fire on a group of unsuspecting Frenchmen, killing 10
  • This man, then the U.S. pres., was one of the spectators when the 1st balloon voyage in the U.S. took off from Phila. in 1793
  • While he was president, his residence was a house on Cherry Street in New York City
  • Destined for a political career, Ted Kennedy was born Feb. 22, 1932, the 200th anniv. of this president's birth
  • "The Atlas of America"
  • The bell may have cracked in February 1846 while ringing in his 114th birthday
  • Though France beat this future American president in a 1754 battle at Fort Necessity, it lost the war
  • The stepfather of Patsy & Jacky, he was also known as the "Stepfather of His Country"
  • In the garden is this American, but not Massachusetts-born, hero on horseback, ready for his close-up
  • In 1831 Lee married Mary Anna Custis, the step-great-granddaughter of this man