Many American Catholics have expressed a strong will to have George Washington canonized. Although denied several times, the Washintonian-Catholics are gaining a strong following in the church.
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Among some of the possible miracles that he is said to have performed are:
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Liberating the American Colonists from the British Empire.
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Being unable to tell a lie.
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Throwing a silver dollar across the Potomac River.
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Surveying the land owned by Lord Fairfax.
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==Reactions To The Call For Canonization==
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George Washington was not a Catholic, so he is not allowed to be canonized.