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UPPER MAKEFIELD — More than 100 people braved Sunday’s rainy weather to wish General George Washington a “Happy Birthday” ...
Washington’s birthday was celebrated by his peers in ... whose books include “Here, George Washington Was Born: Memory, Material Culture, and the Public History of a National Monument.” ...
When February arrives with cherry blossoms and celebrations for President George Washington’s birthday, we remember the ...
Thus George Washington, at age 16, confided to his diary. The year was 1748. He was largely self-taught, far from home, trying to learn the surveyor's trade. Eventually the father of his country ...
The 143 annual George Washington Birthday Dinner was held on Saturday, Feb. 22. The popular event is held every year at the First Congregational Church in Methuen. Guests enjoyed a buffet style ...
Leader of the victorious Continental Army, first U.S. president and presiding spirit in the drawing up of his new nation’s constitution, Virginia-born George Washington was a hero and role model ...
On February 4, 1789, the 69 members of the Electoral College made George Washington the only chief executive to be unanimously elected. Illustration by Joe Ciardiello Editor’s note: Even as the ...