GEORGE WASHINGTON

Kyle Nelson                                                              11/19/2012

George Washington

 

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, at approximately 10:00a.m in his home.  George almost died at birth but they said he was a very strong baby. George grew up enjoying horseback riding and fox hunting. George cut down his mother Mary’s favorite cherry tree with an axe. George came from a big family. George’s brother was enlisting in the army, but he died from a   disease so George took his slot. At age 23 George went into the army.

 

George Washington got married to woman named Martha when he was in the Army. While George was in the Army he never got shot only his coat got shot 4 times in a row. At one time George’s hat was shot of his head. George Washington had a lot of men in the Army; there were about ten thousand and a lot of them died. Towards the end it left him with eight thousand men.  A lot of George’s soldiers got frostbite and they got sick. Martha came to George’s camp site and took care of sick soldiers. Indians came to the Boston Harbor and dropped 386 crates of tea into the water every one was very mad.

 

When George Washington retired from the Army he became president. His kids died when they were young one died from a seizure, the other died from a disease. George Washington took his first oath in the Federal Hall in New York City. He won president two times in a row. George Washington was a great war general and a good president. George died of a disease; he was buried behind his house in the Washington tomb.

 

George Washington will never be forgotten, he was a hero and the First president of the United States of America.