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Article: Proclamation--275th anniversary of the birth of George Washington.(Week Ending Friday, February 16, 2007)
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- February 19, 2007
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February 16, 2007
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Two hundred seventy-five years after the birth of George Washington, we honor the life and legacy of a surveyor from Virginia who became Commander of the Continental Army, a major force at the Constitutional Convention, and the first President of the United States of America.
Remembered by the Congress as "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen," George Washington dedicated his life to the success of America. During the Revolutionary War, Washington's small band of hungry soldiers faced the professional army of a great ...