Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search
338 bytes added ,  23:40, February 21, 2007
no edit summary
Line 1: Line 1: −
George Washington was our first President of the [[United States of America]] and a great commander in the [[Revolutionary War]]. He was also a devout [[Christian]], with his adopted daughter once stating that if you question Washington's faith you may as well question whether or not he was a patriot.[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-wall/wal-g011.html]
+
George Washington (1732-1799) was unanimously elected President of the [[United States of America]] and the Commander-in-Chief in the [[Revolutionary War]].<ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.html</ref> He was also a devout [[Christian]], with his adopted daughter once stating that if you question Washington's faith you may as well question whether or not he was a patriot.<ref>http://www.christiananswers.net/q-wall/wal-g011.html</ref>
 +
 
 +
Washington is perhaps the only leader in world history who voluntarily relinquished power over a prosperous nation. His precedent of serving only two terms was then voluntarily followed for 140 years.
    
[[Image:washington-deleware.jpg]]
 
[[Image:washington-deleware.jpg]]
 +
 +
----
 +
 +
'''Sources:''' <references/>
Anthony, Irenaeus, Siteadmin, apieditor, Bureaucrats, Check users, nsAm_Govt_101RO, nsAm_Govt_101RW, nsAm_Govt_101_ta, nsJudgesRO, nsJudgesRW, nsJudges_talkRO, nsJudges_talkRW, nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW, oversight, Administrators
126,471

edits

Navigation menu