John Adams (October 30, 1735 -- July 4, 1826) was the second President of the United States, and America's first Vice President under George Washington.
In 1812, Francis Scott Key was a young Georgetown lawyer living just a few miles from the federal buildings in Washington. D.C., when war broke out over Britain's attempts to regulate American shipping while Britain was at war with France.
Did George Washington really chop down a cherry tree? And what's this I hear about wooden teeth? Challenge the old myths and learn the truth about the man we call "The Father of our Country."
"No estate in America is more pleasantly situated than this," declared Washington, speaking of his eight-thousand acre home, Mount Vernon.
The Papers of George Washington was established in 1969 to compile and publish a complete edition of Washington's correspondence.
"Why should young Americans who care about their country and aspire to do something worthwhile with their lives be interested in the greatness of George Washington? ..."
Mark Pachter, curator of the National Portrait Gallery, calls Gilbert Stuart's 1796 full-length portrait of George Washington "probably the most important visual document from the founding of our country."
Published eight years after George Washington's death, David Ramsay's Life of George Washington achieved great popularity.
consists of three lessons examining George Washington's leadership in the French and Indian War, at the Federal Convention, and as chief executive.
Many people believe that General George Washington visited seamstress Betsy Ross in June, 1776 to ask her to sew a stars-and-stripes flag that would become the first official flag of the new country.
