The First Continental Congress formed in response to the ... creating the Continental Army, electing George Washington as its commander and issuing paper currency. It asked each colony to provide ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... and one of Virginia’s seven elected delegates to the First Continental Congress. In August 1774, he left Mount Vernon for ...

George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental ... from the Continental Congress—prevented a potentially disastrous defeat, and made him the country’s first public health advocate.” ...

There’s a historic myth that George Washington rejected an offer to serve as king instead of president for leading the ...

Mark your calendar: Presidents Day falls on Feb. 17 this year, and though it’s a few days earlier than George Washington ... Address to the Continental Congress, June 16, 1775 5.

The First Continental Congress formed in response to the ... creating the Continental Army, electing George Washington as its commander and issuing paper currency. It asked each colony to provide ...