George Washington lived a life of many firsts. Fellow Virginian “Light-Horse” Harry Lee described Washington as “first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen” (O’Brien, 2010, 3). Lee could have mentioned several concrete firsts. For starters, in April 1789, Washington became the first American to assume the office of president. Washington’s life has been the subject of much mythmaking and legend, and was the subject of m…
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