Articles > Newspapers > U.S. Newspapers, Major Markets > Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) articles > March 2004

Article: George Washington was high achiever in all he did.(Neighbor)(Kids ink)

Article from:
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Article date:
March 31, 2004
Copyright

Byline: J. Hope Babowice

You wanted to know

Eric Naegele, 8, of Vernon Hills wanted to know:

I wonder where George Washington was born?

If you have a question you'd like Kids Ink to answer, write Kids Ink, care of the Daily Herald, 50 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 104, Vernon Hills, IL 60061, or send an e-mail to lake@@dailyherald.com. Along with the question, include your name, age, phone number, hometown, grade and school.

For more information

To learn more about George Washington, the Vernon Area Library in Lincolnshire suggests:

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: Mount Vernon Launches $85 Million Campaign To ...
U.S. Newswire;  April 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... American history, George Washington's Mount Vernon is embarking on ... Under the theme, George Washington: To Keep Him First, Mount Vernon will construct ... year history of George Washington's Mount Vernon, will bring the ...

Article: LET'S PLAY GEORGE WASHINGTON.(Mount ...
House Beautiful;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Hilfiger dreamed up a Mount Vernon playhouse for a Greenwich ... is the future of the Mount Vernon playhouse, on which ... says wistfully. "Or Mount Vernon itself. I want children ... it and learn to love George Washington."

Article: Mount Vernon Master's Plans; One Fine Washington ...
The Washington Post;  July 31, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... the L'Enfant plan to George Washington's Mount Vernon. The 60-year-old ... the very greatness of George Washington's other deeds obscured ... Baldwin Dalzell in "George Washington's Mount Vernon," a fine book published ...

Article: That's Him, George; Washington, Mount ...
The Washington Post;  October 24, 2006 ;     639 words ... ... a $1 bill, you have a portrait of George Washington. He looks kind of grumpy, doesn ... image, the folks at Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Fairfax County hired a detective ... in. Beginning Friday, visitors to Mount Vernon will see two new faces of Washington ...

Article: George Washington's Mount Vernon: At ...
The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...George Washington's Mount Vernon: At Home in Revolutionary ... of the "mature" Mount Vernon house itself. Then ... eventually comprised the Mount Vernon estate. Later chapters ... Lawrence and then by George Washington between the early ...

Article: Bicentennial celebration at George Washington's ...
Antiques & Collecting Magazine;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... images of George Washington is omnipresent ... as an icon. Mount Vernon is changing ... as they tour Mount Vernon. "By allowing ... during the George Washington Bicentennial ... experience Mount Vernon as never before ...

Article: At Mount Vernon, Airing Grievances About Buses; ...
The Washington Post;  July 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... already lined a stretch of Mount Vernon Memorial Highway one recent ... As the passengers visited George Washington's Mount Vernon estate, two of the six bus ... where the tour buses park at Mount Vernon. "We really like being ...

Article: George Washington Owned Slaves Who Basically Ran ...
Jet;  March 1, 1999 ;     657 words ... ... Washington had 316 slaves at his Mount Vernon home and they basically ran ... of those were buried at the Mount Vernon estate when they died, the ... life at the newly renovated George Washington's Mount Vernon: Estate & Gardens in ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives