Time for a salute to the Father of His Country, George Washington
Born 1732 at Popes Creek, Virginia... died 1799 at Mount Vernon, Virginia
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1758-1775
Delegate from Virginia to the Continental Congress, 1774-1775
Commanding General of the Continental Army, 1775-1783
President-General of the Constitutional Convention, 1787
First President of the United States of America, 1789-1797
"First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen."

"Washington Crossing the Delaware" by Emanuel Leutze, 1851