Washington in War He Saved the Rebel Cause at Yorktown
George L. Kore chronicles Washington as a steadfast leader who built and held a fragile revolutionary army. From Braddock’s clash to Yorktown, his discipline, strategy, and risk shaped the fight for independence and kept the colonies from collapse.
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The Hero as He Was and the Washington Myth
A critical portrait of George Washington, arguing he was a natural, practical man misread as perfect. The piece rebuts saintly caricatures, notes his religious tolerance, slaveholding stance, personal flaws, and enduring public misperceptions of his era and character.
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Washington at Forty Three in Historic Cambridge Moment
The article recalls George Washington at age 43 drawing his sword under the Cambridge elm as captain general and commander in chief of the colonial forces. It compares his age to Julius Caesar Napoleon Constantine Hannibal and Sesostris to illustrate a historic milestone.
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Washington's Room in Colonial Verses
Poem by Ruth Lawrence reflecting on a nation’s dawns and the burden borne for country and kin. It honors a silent figure near a doorway bathed in light, whose life and work symbolize faith, patience, and gratitude from readers.
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Washingtons Comrades In Arms Recalls Courage and Tact
Reminiscences recount General Washington as a born leader with broad influence. General Butler cites Washington’s firmness in facing rank disputes with Lafayette and notes Lafayette’s aid and substantial arms and funds that kept the Continental Army from disbanding.
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The Sacred Stone on Washington Statue Base
A stone relic at the base of a Washington statue on the subtreasury steps bears an inscription noting that on April 30 1789 George Washington took the oath as first president from the balcony of Federal Hall. The stone was preserved when Federal Hall was demolished and placed near the statue as a relic of the nation’s birth.
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Senate as a cooling saucer in governance tale
Sir John Macdonald quoted a tale linking the senate to cooling legislation. Jefferson asks the purpose of the senate, and Washington replies by showing tea poured into a saucer to cool, illustrating the senate’s moderating role in lawmaking.
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