George Washington, who had been leading the battle ... raid was a relatively small expedition in the bloody, drawn-out war for independence that would go on for six more years.

The Missouri legislature is overstepping their mandate as elected officials by disregarding the constitution of the state in attempts to override the vote expressing the will and intent of the ...

1 (Winter 1995): 59-89 Bodle, The Valley Forge Winter: Civilians and Soldiers in War (University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002), pp. 11-12. Penn. Const. of 1776, sec. 3, 19, and ...

Had George Washington been less ambivalent ... thousands of runaways to follow behind the British throughout the war. • Lord Dunmore's Proclamation By the winter of 1777-78, the Continental ...

"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” That famous description of George Washington by his friend and fellow patriot Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee is ...

George Washington was born on Feb. 22, in 1732, so to celebrate let’s talk about his plan to honor the weary troops that fought the Revolutionary War. In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743 ... Major Acts To avoid becoming embroiled in the war between Great Britain and France, Washington issued a Proclamation of Neutrality ...

The painting is the first of seven portraits of Washington made from life by Peale and the only portrait of Washington that ...