George Washington by James MacGregor Burns

It has one of the most amazing views of the Potomac River and it’s no wonder President Washington just wanted to retire there after his military service.Īndrea and our sister-in-law Lorena showing off the view of the Potomac from Mt. 🙂 One of my very first dates with my husband was to Mt. It’s one of the coolest places, as the movie National Treasure 2 will attest. In fact, I used to have a season pass there because I’d go so often. area, the church building that was assigned to the singles in my region was located a mere two minutes up the road from Mt. To be a fly on the wall in those Cabinet meetings!įun fact: When I was living in the D.C. His Cabinet proves that: Alexander Hamilton was Treasury Secretary, Thomas Jefferson was Secretary of State, Henry Knox was War Secretary and James Madison was his senior advisor. He was said to be an excellent judge of character/talent. He came out of his second retirement to be the only American president to be elected unanimously. That’s how cool he was. It was a miracle it passed, which was in large part thanks to Washington. He was a war hero who stepped out of retirement to head up the Constitutional Convention. Why he’s cool: Even in his day, he was larger than life. In fact, he was super opposed to partisanship. Political party: He didn’t belong to a political party. In addition to being the first American president, he was commander of the Continental Army, president of the Constitutional Convention, and the only founding father to free his slaves in his will. He was married to Martha Custis for 38 years, though she had two children from her first marriage, they never had children together. The facts: He was president from 1789 to 1797. Years ago, when my husband was in dental school, my dad bought a magnet of a replica of those dentures from the gift shop for us. Vernon, you can see several of his old dentures on display. The “wooden teeth” myth derived from the stains on all of his dentures taking the appearance of wood. He had plenty of dentures to his name though. By the time he was inaugurated as our first president, he had only one lone surviving tooth.

Maybe it’s because my husband has a dental background, but President Washington’s dental health simultaneously fascinates and disgusts me. Who knows, maybe your kids will be too!įirst up is General George Washington. Surprisingly, when I told my kids what we’d be doing they were actually really excited about it. president in order but also to learn a thing or two about each of them. One of my goals this year, as I explained here, was to not only memorize every U.S. Can you tell how pumped James was to find him? My kids posing with President Washington.

George Washington by James MacGregor Burns