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title: George Washington Memorial Parkway

text: McLean, Virginia. The Park Police is the primary police agency responsible for patrolling the George Washington Parkway, the Clara Barton Parkway, and the above listed areas. The Clara Barton Parkway is administratively part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway. It was signed and designated as the George Washington Memorial Parkway until 1989, when it was renamed to overcome motorist confusion with the main segment in Virginia. The parkways on the two sides of the river were originally supposed to be joined by a bridge at the Great Falls of the Potomac River. However, opposition from preservationists led to the cancellation

title: George Steptoe Washington

text: George Steptoe Washington George Steptoe Washington (August 17, 1771 - January 10, 1809) was a planter, militia officer and nephew of the first President of the United States George Washington. George Steptoe Washington was born August 17, 1771 at Harewood, his father's plantation in Berkeley County, Virginia (now Jefferson County in West Virginia) the fourth of seven children (but the eldest surviving son) born to Samuel Washington and his fourth wife, Anne Steptoe. George Steptoe Washington was named for his uncle, President George Washington, while his middle name came from that of his mother's family. George had four brothers and

title: George Washington

text: in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen". Washington has been memorialized by monuments, art, places, stamps, and currency, and he has been ranked by scholars among the four greatest American presidents. George Washington was born February 22, 1732 in Wakefield in the Colony of Virginia, as the first child of Augustine and second wife Mary Ball Washington. The family was descended primarily from the gentry of Sulgrave, England. His great-grandfather John Washington emigrated to Virginia in 1656, where he became a tobacco planter and accumulated land and slaves, as did his son Lawrence and

title: George Washington Owen

text: George Washington Owen George Washington Owen (October 20, 1796 – August 18, 1837) was an American politician from Alabama who served as that state's 3rd District's Representative, and the 10th Mayor of Mobile. Owen was born in Brunswick County, Virginia in 1796, but moved to Tennessee at a young age. He graduated from the University of Nashville, where he studied law; he was admitted to the bar in 1816, and moved to Alabama to practice law. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives. He unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1821 and successfully in 1823 when he became the first

title: George Corbin Washington

text: George Corbin Washington George Corbin Washington (August 20, 1789 – July 17, 1854) was a United States Congressman from the third and fifth districts of Maryland, serving four terms from 1827 to 1833, and 1835 to 1837. He was also a grandnephew of U.S. President George Washington. Washington was born at "Haywood Farms" near Oak Grove of Westmoreland County, Virginia. He attended Phillips Academy and Harvard University, studied law, but devoted himself to agricultural pursuits on his plantation in Maryland. He resided for the most part at Dumbarton Heights in the Georgetown neighborhood in Washington, D.C. He served in the

title: George Augustine Washington

text: George Augustine Washington Colonel George Augustine Washington (1815 – December 4, 1892) was an American tobacco planter, slaveholder, company director and politician. He was "one of the world's largest tobacco growers" by 1860, and served in the Tennessee General Assembly in the 1870s. George Augustine Washington was born in 1815. His father, Joseph Washington, was from Virginia. His mother was Mary Cheatham. Washington built Wessyngton, a tobacco plantation in Cedar Hill, Tennessee. Washington inherited the Wessyngton plantation in 1848, with slaves. On top of growing tobacco, he also made ham. By 1860, he was "one of the world's largest tobacco

title: George Washington

text: Henry Williams, and was talented in draftsmanship and map-making. By early adulthood Washington was writing with "considerable force" and "precision." His brother Lawrence in 1743 had married Anne Fairfax, the daughter of Virginia statesman William Fairfax, who became Washington's surrogate father. Washington moved to Mount Vernon with Lawrence and Anne, and was friends with William Fairfax's son George, whose wife Sally had been an early romantic interest. Washington and George accompanied surveyor James Genn in 1748 to survey Shenandoah lands of Lord Fairfax, and Washington gained valuable experience during the month-long trip. In 1749, Washington received a surveyor's license from

title: George Washington

text: (1931–44) is a 39-volume set edited by John Clement Fitzpatrick who was commissioned by the "George Washington Bicentennial Commission". It contains over 17,000 letters and documents and is available online from the University of Virginia. Many places and monuments have been named in honor of Washington, most notably the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. (which is also indirectly named for Christopher Columbus, "D.C." standing for "District of Columbia"). The state of Washington is the only state to be named after a president. George Washington appears on contemporary U.S. currency, including the one-dollar bill and the quarter-dollar coin (the Washington quarter). Washington

title: George Washington (Washington pioneer)

text: George Washington (Washington pioneer) George Washington (August 15, 1817 – August 26, 1905) was the founder of the town of Centralia, Washington. He is remembered as a leading African American pioneer of the Pacific Northwest. Born in Virginia, the son of a former slave and a woman of English descent, Washington was raised by a white couple named Anna and James Cochran. When he was young, the Cochrans moved west, first to Ohio, then to Missouri. Washington became a skilled rifleman and taught himself to read. He was given full rights as a citizen, except for the right to vote,

title: George Washington Colonials

text: rail at the time, on Friday nights to RFK Stadium. Additionally, Maryland and Virginia were nationally competitive teams that drew potential suburban spectators away from GW. "Source" George Washington Colonials The George Washington Colonials are the athletic teams of George Washington University of Washington, D.C. The Colonials compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference for most sports. The GW Colonials baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of George Washington University. The team is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate

title: George Washington

text: Acts, which Washington referred to as "an Invasion of our Rights and Privileges". He said that Americans must not submit to acts of tyranny since "custom and use shall make us as tame and abject slaves, as the blacks we rule over with such arbitrary sway". That July, George Mason and Washington drafted a list of resolutions for the Fairfax County committee, chaired by Washington, which adopted the Fairfax Resolves, calling for a Continental Congress. On August 1, he attended the First Virginia Convention where he was selected as a delegate to the First Continental Congress. The Revolutionary War against

title: George Washington (Houdon)

text: delivered to Richmond in 1796 and placed in the rotunda on May 14, 1796. Various explanations for the delay in its delivery have been given, including the French Revolution and untimely payments to Houdon, though most sources agree that the continued construction of the new Virginia State Capitol prevented its installation until the time it arrived. The equestrian monument that originally attracted Houdon to America was never commissioned. The 1783 resolution authorizing such a statue would eventually be fulfilled in 1860 by Clark Mills as "Lieutenant General George Washington" in Washington Circle. In the early 21st century, the statue, together

title: George Washington (Houdon)

text: of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia of unknown make, dating to the 1930s. George Washington (Houdon) George Washington is a statue by French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon from the late 18th century. Based on a life mask and other measurements of George Washington taken by Houdon, it is considered one of the most accurate depictions of the subject. The original sculpture is located in the rotunda of the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, and has been copied extensively. The date given for the sculpture varies. It was commissioned by the Virginia General Assembly in 1784, begun in 1785, signed "1788",

title: George Washington Colonials football

text: did not have metrorail at the time, on Friday nights to D.C. Stadium (later RFK), was perceived as an unsafe area. Additionally, Maryland and Virginia were nationally competitive teams that drew potential suburban spectators away from GW. George Washington Colonials football The George Washington Colonials football team represented The George Washington University of Washington D.C. in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) major college-level football competition from 1881 to 1966. The team's home field in the final seasons was (now RFK), shared with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. The Colonials were most successful between the 1930s and 1950s,

title: George Washington Memorial Building

text: James A. Garfield had been shot. The Archives of the Association have been preserved by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. It contains the correspondence from 1890 to 1922 as well as many other documents. George Washington Memorial Building The George Washington Memorial Building or George Washington Victory Memorial Building was a national building project supported by the "George Washington Memorial Association" which started in 1897 with a building project designed in 1914. The goal was to build a "National University" in the memory of the George Washington as envisioned by him in his will. It was originally supported by Congress and

title: George Washington Memorial Building

text: George Washington Memorial Building The George Washington Memorial Building or George Washington Victory Memorial Building was a national building project supported by the "George Washington Memorial Association" which started in 1897 with a building project designed in 1914. The goal was to build a "National University" in the memory of the George Washington as envisioned by him in his will. It was originally supported by Congress and personalities and U.S. presidents but failed due to a lack of funds. The donations gathered over the years were passed on to the George Washington University. On 9 July 1799, in Mount Vernon,

title: George Washington Bridge

text: at the 175th Street station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line (served by the ). Originally, the approach to the George Washington Bridge from the New York side to the George Washington Bridge consisted of a roundabout encircling a fountain, which was designed by Cass Gilbert. This plan was scrapped after it was deemed to be infeasible, due to the congestion that the weaving movements would create. The final plans called for meandering roadways from Riverside Drive and Henry Hudson Parkway, which run along the eastern bank of the Hudson River at the bottom of the cliff in Washington Heights.

title: George Washington Shonk

text: He resumed the practice of his profession in Wilkes-Barre, and also became interested in coal mining in Pennsylvania. He died in Washington, D.C., on a business trip in 1900. Interment in Shawnee Cemetery, Plymouth, Pennsylvania. George Washington Shonk was the father of New York Assemblyman Herbert B. Shonk (1881–1930). George Washington Shonk George Washington Shonk (April 26, 1850 – August 14, 1900) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. George W. Shonk was born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania where he attended the public schools. He studied at Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania and graduated in 1873

title: Where I Was From

text: herself, someone who is even now, arguably, a great American writer." Some sections of "Where I Was From" appeared previously in "The New York Review of Books", "Esquire", and "The New Yorker". Where I Was From Where I Was From is a 2003 collection of essays by Joan Didion. It concerns the history and culture of California, where Didion was born and spent much of her life. "Where I Was From" combines aspects of historical writing, journalism, and memoir to present a history of California as well as Didion's own experiences in that state. The book attempts to understand the

title: George Washington Bridge

text: ramp from Fort Washington Avenue, at the top of the cliff on the Manhattan side, opened in April 1939. The corresponding eastbound exit ramp, as well as the 178th-179th Street Tunnels, opened that July. Traffic counts on the George Washington Bridge grew year after year. By the time of the bridge's tenth anniversary in 1941, the span had been used by 72 million vehicles total, including a record 9.1 million vehicles in 1940. Originally, the George Washington Bridge's single deck consisted of six lanes, with an unpaved center median. In 1946, the median was paved over and two more lanes

title: Where I Was From

text: Where I Was From Where I Was From is a 2003 collection of essays by Joan Didion. It concerns the history and culture of California, where Didion was born and spent much of her life. "Where I Was From" combines aspects of historical writing, journalism, and memoir to present a history of California as well as Didion's own experiences in that state. The book attempts to understand the differences between California's factual history and its perceived reputation. According to Didion, "This book represents an exploration into my own confusions about the place and the way in which I grew up

title: George Washington Memorial Park (Jackson, Wyoming)

text: George Washington Memorial Park (Jackson, Wyoming) George Washington Memorial Park is located at the center of Jackson, Wyoming. More generally known as "Town Square", the park is notable for its elk-antler arches at each corner of the park, collected from the nearby National Elk Refuge by Boy Scouts and periodically rebuilt. The square originally existed as an open space in the center of town that was made into a park in 1934. The park center also contains a stone memorial to John Colter. The Town Square originated as an open space in the middle of Jackson where no buildings had

title: George Washington Bridge

text: Bridge" name was the most popular choice selected by residents of New York and New Jersey. The "Hudson River Bridge" name beat out a host of other proposed names, including the Port Authority's preference for the name "George Washington Bridge". The Port Authority formally adopted the "George Washington" name on January 13, 1931, honoring the general and future president's evacuation of Manhattan at the bridge's location during the Revolutionary War. This had the potential for confusion, since there was already a "Washington Bridge" connecting 181st Street with the Bronx, directly opposite Manhattan from where the ""George" Washington Bridge" was being

title: George Washington Wurts

text: moved to the Museo nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia where it remains today. George Washington Wurts George Washington Wurts (1843 in Philadelphia – January 25, 1928 in Rome) was an American diplomat and art collector. George Washington Wurts was one of eight children of William Wurts of Trenton, New Jersey. William Wurts, who with his brothers founded the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, left a significant inheritance to his children on his death in 1858. In 1865 Wurts moved from Philadelphia to Florence, Italy and became an assistant to George Perkins Marsh. Marsh, the first United States minister to the

title: George Washington Bethune

text: George Washington Bethune George Washington Bethune (March 18, 1805 – April 28, 1862) was a preacher-pastor in the Dutch Reformed Church. Of Huguenot descent, his father was Divie Bethune, a highly successful merchant in New York. Originally a student at Columbia College of Columbia University, Bethune graduated in 1822 from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania and went on to study theology at Princeton University. He married Mary Williams in November, 1825. In 1827, he was appointed Pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church, Rhinebeck, New York. In 1830, he moved to Utica, New York; in 1834 to Philadelphia; and in 1850 to

title: George Washington Donaghey

text: George Washington Donaghey George Washington Donaghey (July 1, 1856 – December 15, 1937) was the 22nd Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1909 to 1913. Donaghey was born as the oldest of five children to Christopher Columbus and Elizabeth (née Ingram) Donaghey, in the Oakland Community in Union Parish in north Louisiana. His father's family was from Ireland and his mother's from Scotland. His father Christopher was a farmer who moved from Alabama to northern Louisiana where he purchased land and later moved to Arkansas where Christopher later served in the Confederate Army. In 1875, without letting his

title: USS George Washington (SSBN-598)

text: Anderson (née Rawlins), wife of US Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson, and commissioned on 30 December 1959 as SSBN-598 with Commander James B. Osborn in command of the Blue crew and Commander John L. From, Jr. in command of the Gold crew. "George Washington" was originally laid down as the attack submarine . During construction, she was lengthened by the insertion of a -long ballistic missile section and renamed George Washington; another submarine under construction at the time received the original name and hull number. Inside "George Washington"'s forward escape hatch, a plaque remained bearing her original name. Because the

title: George Washington Glasscock

text: George Washington Glasscock George Washington Glasscock (April 11, 1810 – February 28, 1868) was an early settler, legislator, and businessman in Texas. He was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, near the same area where Abraham Lincoln was born. In 1830, he went to St. Louis and from there to Springfield, Illinois, where in 1832 he was a partner of Abraham Lincoln in flatboating on the Sangamon River. He also fought in the Black Hawk War in Illinois where he was a Lieutenant and Abraham Lincoln was a private under his command. They were mustered into service by then Lt. Robert

title: George Washington Shonk

text: George Washington Shonk George Washington Shonk (April 26, 1850 – August 14, 1900) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. George W. Shonk was born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania where he attended the public schools. He studied at Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania and graduated in 1873 from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He studied law and in 1876 was admitted to the bar of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, after which he practiced law in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Shonk was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1892.

title: George Washington (Washington pioneer)

text: masse to honor him at his funeral. He is buried in the town's Washington Lawn Cemetery. The town has a number of memorials to its founder, including a large stone monument telling his life story in the city's central plaza (a park donated by George and Mary Jane Washington, and known as George Washington Park.) During a year-long celebration of his 200th birthday, volunteers built a bronze statue of George and Mary Jane Washington that was placed in George Washington Park in August 2018. George Washington (Washington pioneer) George Washington (August 15, 1817 – August 26, 1905) was the founder

title: George Washington Shaver

text: George Washington Shaver George Washington Shaver (March 2, 1832 – October 26, 1900) was an Oregon pioneer, and, with his sons, a founder of Shaver Transportation Company. He is typically referred to as George W. Shaver or G.W. Shaver. George Washington Shaver was born in Campbell County, Kentucky on March 2, 1832. George W. Shaver arrived in Oregon 1850. Shaver had first gone overland to California for the 1849 gold rush. Shaver settled briefly in Waldo, Oregon, in Josephine County, where he tried gold mining again. This did not prove successful, so he relocated to Portland, Oregon, arriving there on

title: George Washington Buckner

text: George Washington Buckner George Washington Buckner (December 1, 1855 – February 17, 1943) was an African-American physician and diplomat. He was United States minister to Liberia from 1913 to 1915. Born into slavery near Greensburg, Kentucky, Buckner was freed at the age of ten. He attended a Freedman's School in Greensburg where he received a basic education. In 1870 he moved to Louisville to live with his aunt and worked there briefly as a household servant before moving back to Green County in 1871 to be a teacher. Buckner later moved to Indiana where he was educated as a teacher

title: USS George Washington (SSBN-598)

text: ballistic missile compartment design of "George Washington" was intended to be reused in later ship classes, the section inserted into "George Washington" was designed with a deeper test depth rating than the rest of the submarine. "George Washington" left Groton on 28 June 1960 for Cape Canaveral, Florida, where she loaded two Polaris missiles. Standing out into the Atlantic Missile Test Range with Rear Admiral William Raborn, head of the Polaris submarine development program, on board as an observer, she successfully conducted the first Polaris missile launch from a submerged submarine on 20 July 1960. At 12:39, "George Washington"'s commanding

title: George Washington Community High School

text: George Washington Community High School George Washington Community High School is a public school located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, serving grades 9-12. The school originally opened in 1927 as a traditional high school in the Haughville neighborhood of Indianapolis. It ceased operations as a high school in 1995 due to waning enrollment within IPS, but was re-established in 2000 in its current form. The school is operated by the Indianapolis Public Schools system. Enrollment is approximately 575 students. It is referred to as Indianapolis Washington by the IHSAA. George Washington Community High School's athletic teams are named the Continentals.

title: George Washington House (Barbados)

text: George Washington House (Barbados) George Washington House in Barbados is a historic house where the future first U.S. President George Washington visited, in 1751. He was 19 years old at the time and traveling with his ailing half-brother, Lawrence Washington. In 2011, the property was designated as a UNESCO protected property within the World Heritage Site of "Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison" area. Barbados apparently is the only country outside the present United States that George Washington ever visited. In 1997, during an official visit to Barbados with her husband, President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton unveiled a plaque

title: George Washington Ball

text: George Washington Ball George Washington Ball (June 7, 1847 – July 18, 1915) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Iowa. He served in the Iowa General Assembly as Representative of Johnson County and later as State Senator. He also served on the city council of Iowa City from 1881 to 1883, and was mayor of the city from 1905 to 1909. Ball was born near Fairfield, Iowa, on June 7, 1847. His early life was spent upon his father's farm near the place of his birth where he remained until and he was educated in Fairfield

title: George Washington Hosmer

text: George Washington Hosmer George Washington Hosmer (born in Canton, Massachusetts, in 1804; died there, 5 July 1881) was a United States educator. He was president of Antioch College from 1862 to 1872. Hosmer graduated from Harvard in 1826, and from the Harvard Divinity School in 1830. The next two and a half years, he was pastor of the Unitarian church in Northfield, Massachusetts. Beginning in 1835, he was pastor in Buffalo, New York, where he remained until his election to the presidency of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1862. While president of Antioch, he was also non-resident professor

title: USS George Washington Carver (SSBN-656)

text: assisted on the west coast in various assignments before finally entering the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, Washington. "George Washington Carver" was both decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 18 March 1993 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, where her scrapping via the U.S. Navys Ship and Submarine Recycling Program was completed on 12 March 1994. USS George Washington Carver (SSBN-656) USS "George Washington Carver" (SSBN-656), a fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for George Washington Carver (1865–1943), an American researcher and inventor.

title: George Washington Manypenny

text: George Washington Manypenny George Washington Manypenny (1808-1892) was the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the United States from 1853 to 1857. Manypenny was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He moved to Ohio in 1830 where he worked in the newspaper business and served as clerk of the circuit court based in Zanesville, Ohio. His appointment as Indian Commissioner came during the administration of Franklin Pierce. He was responsible for settling 52 treaties during his tenure, many of them in Kansas and Nebraska. From 1859 to 1862 he was editor of the "Ohio Statesman". He then retired from the

title: George Washington (inventor)

text: in 1897. The Washingtons settled in the New York area, where they had three children: Louisa Washington (born May 1897), Irene Washington (born May 1898), and George Washington Jr. (born August 1899). After arriving in the New York area, Washington founded a company producing kerosene gas mantles. At this time, they lived in New Brighton on Staten Island, but his company, George Washington Lighting Company, was based in nearby Jersey City. This business was abandoned with the maturation of incandescent light bulb technology. Washington also had a camera company for a time. By the time of the 1900 US Census,

title: George, Washington

text: George, Washington George is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 501 at the 2010 census. It takes its name from George Washington. George has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. The city is known for being near the Gorge Amphitheatre, sometimes called "The Gorge at George". The Gorge Amphitheatre was the location of the annual Sasquatch! Music Festival. The city also celebrates national holidays such as the Fourth of July, and Washington's Birthday, with cherry pies. It bakes the world's largest cherry pie every year on July 4, and serves it to

title: George Thomas Washington

text: Goodner. George Thomas Washington George Thomas Washington (June 24, 1908 – August 21, 1971) was an American jurist who served as judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1949 to 1965. Washington was born in 1908 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, the son of William Morrow Washington and Janet Margaret (Thomas) Washington. He was a descendant of Samuel Washington, brother of George Washington. Washington graduated from Yale University in 1928. He attended Yale Law School for a year and then studied at the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, obtaining a bachelor's degree in law

title: George Thomas Washington

text: George Thomas Washington George Thomas Washington (June 24, 1908 – August 21, 1971) was an American jurist who served as judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1949 to 1965. Washington was born in 1908 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, the son of William Morrow Washington and Janet Margaret (Thomas) Washington. He was a descendant of Samuel Washington, brother of George Washington. Washington graduated from Yale University in 1928. He attended Yale Law School for a year and then studied at the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, obtaining a bachelor's degree in law in

title: George Washington Peck

text: and to Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1880, and then to Bismarck, Missouri, in 1882. He died in Saginaw, Michigan, and is interred in Brady Hill Cemetery there. George Washington Peck George Washington Peck (June 4, 1818 – June 30, 1905) was a United States Representative from the state of Michigan. Peck was born in New York City and pursued classical studies, attending Yale College and studying law in New York City. He moved to Michigan in 1839 and settled in Brighton, where he was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice there in the same year. He was

title: George Washington Peck

text: George Washington Peck George Washington Peck (June 4, 1818 – June 30, 1905) was a United States Representative from the state of Michigan. Peck was born in New York City and pursued classical studies, attending Yale College and studying law in New York City. He moved to Michigan in 1839 and settled in Brighton, where he was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice there in the same year. He was a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives in 1846 and 1847 and served as speaker the last term. He moved to Lansing, when the state

title: George Washington Burnap

text: and something to hope for." George Washington Burnap George Washington Burnap (November 30, 1802 in Merrimack, New Hampshire – September 8, 1859 in Philadelphia) was a Unitarian clergyman of the United States. His father was a Congregational minister in Merrimack. His mother died when he was seven, and a sister took care of him. He graduated from Harvard College in 1824, and then studied for three years at Harvard Divinity School. His studies of the Bible in college convinced him to become a Unitarian. In 1828 he was ordained pastor of the First Independent Church in Baltimore, where Jared Sparks

title: George Washington Burnap

text: George Washington Burnap George Washington Burnap (November 30, 1802 in Merrimack, New Hampshire – September 8, 1859 in Philadelphia) was a Unitarian clergyman of the United States. His father was a Congregational minister in Merrimack. His mother died when he was seven, and a sister took care of him. He graduated from Harvard College in 1824, and then studied for three years at Harvard Divinity School. His studies of the Bible in college convinced him to become a Unitarian. In 1828 he was ordained pastor of the First Independent Church in Baltimore, where Jared Sparks had preceded him, and which

title: George Washington Woodruff

text: George Washington Woodruff George Washington Woodruff (February 22, 1864 – March 24, 1934) was an American football player, rower, coach, teacher, lawyer and politician. He served as the head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania (1892–1901), the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (1903), and Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1905), compiling a career college football record of 142–25–2. Woodruff's Penn teams of 1894, 1895, and 1897 have been recognized as national champions. Woodruff was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1963. Woodruff graduated from Yale University in 1889, where he was a member of

title: George Washington Antione

text: George Washington Antione George Washington Antoine, M.D. (November 26, 1878 – August 17, 1939) was a prominent Houston physician who served as an army doctor in 370th Infantry Regiment of 93rd Division during World War I. Antoine was born in Texas. Information on Antoine is scarce until his admission to Guadalupe College in Seguin, Texas, where he took sessions in algebra and Latin. Guadalupe College was one of the first African American schools of higher education situated in Southern Texas. In 1906, Antoine graduated from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee and soon after married. Along with several school colleagues,

title: George Washington Sprott

text: George Washington Sprott George Washington Sprott (6 March, 1829 – 27 October, 1909) was Scottish minister and liturgical scholar, known as an advocate of reform of the services of the Church of Scotland, and of its reunion with the Free Church of Scotland. Born at Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, on 6 March 1829, he was the eldest of five children of John Sprott, Presbyterian minister there, by his third wife, Jane Neilson. Both his parents came from Wigtownshire. After early education in the colony, Sprott entered Glasgow College in 1845, where one of his fellow students was Henry Campbell-Bannerman who consulted

title: Where I Was From

text: the basic paradoxes of the California psyche too obvious: mistrust of government while feeding at the troughs of public works and agricultural subsidies; unchecked commercial exploitation of natural resources in the very footsteps of John Muir; the decline of education from a place near the top of the nation to somewhere near that of Mississippi; apathy, increasing rates of crime, and crime’s related social problems." In "The New York Times Book Review", novelist and critic Thomas Mallon wrote, "The more penetrating and idiosyncratic moments of 'Where I Was From' are the work of someone who can still be very much

title: George Steptoe Washington

text: two sisters (as well as several half-brothers and sisters): Ferdinand Washington (1767–1788), Frederick Augustus Washington (1768–1769), Lucinda Washington (1769–1770), Lawrence Augustine Washington (1774–1824), Harriet Washington (1776–1822), and Thomas Washington (1778–1838). After his father's death, he, along with brother Lawrence Augustine and sister Harriet, went to live with their uncle George Washington for a time. The future president paid for him and his brother to be educated at Georgetown academy, where according to historian Ron Chernow, "they were wild and uncontrollable and a constant trial to Washington". After his father's death in 1781, George would eventually inherit the plantation of Harewood,

title: George Washington Smith (congressman)

text: 1880-1888. He married M. Alice Dailey. She was born at Murphysboro, Illinois, where she lived with her parents until her marriage with George W. Smith, then a brilliant young lawyer. Smith was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1889, until his death in Murphysboro, Illinois, November 30, 1907, before the convening of the Sixtieth Congress. He served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-ninth Congresses). He was interred in the City Cemetery. George Washington Smith (congressman) George Washington Smith (August 18, 1846 –

title: Where I Was From

text: [...] misapprehensions and misunderstandings so much a part of who I became that I can still to this day confront them only obliquely." "Where I Was From" is also in parts a retrospective on Didion's work, examining how these "confusions" affected books such as "Run, River". Diane Johnson summarizes the apparent hypocrisies of California culture that Didion discusses in the book: "Like all California children, Didion had been fed the old stories of California history, but when she eventually came to think about them, she could see they didn’t 'add up.' The disjunction between myth and reality was too large,

title: George Washington (miniseries)

text: Independence from England. It was nominated for six Primetime Emmys. This miniseries covers the life of George Washington, from the time he is a young man, through his experiences in the French and Indian War and his rise to lead the Continental Army during the American Revolution. It concludes shortly after the end of the war, with Washington's return to his home in Mount Vernon. George Washington (miniseries) George Washington is a 1984 American television miniseries directed by Buzz Kulik. The miniseries, released in three parts, chronicles the life of George Washington, the 1st President of the United States, from

title: George Washington Blagden

text: George Washington Blagden George Washington Blagden (October 3, 1802-December 17, 1884) was an American clergyman. Blagden was born in Washington, D. C., October 3, 1802. He entered Yale College in 1820 and graduated in 1823. After graduation, he took the three years' course at the Andover Theological Seminary. On December 26, 1827, he was ordained the first pastor of the Congregational Church in Brighton, Mass., then just organized as a result of the prevailing Unitarian controversy. He left this parish to accept a call to the Salem Street (Congregational) Church in Boston, where he was installed, November 3, 1830; and

title: SS George Washington

text: SS George Washington SS "George Washington was an ocean liner built in 1908 for the Bremen-based North German Lloyd and was named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. The ship was also known as USS "George Washington" (ID-3018) and USAT "George Washington in service of the United States Navy and United States Army, respectively, during World War I. In the interwar period, she reverted to her original name of SS "George Washington". During World War II, the ship was known as both USAT "George Washington" and, briefly, as USS "Catlin" (AP-19), in a short, second stint

title: George Washington (miniseries)

text: George Washington (miniseries) George Washington is a 1984 American television miniseries directed by Buzz Kulik. The miniseries, released in three parts, chronicles the life of George Washington, the 1st President of the United States, from age 11 to age 51. "George Washington" is based on the biography by James Thomas Flexner. The miniseries was shot mainly on location near Washington, D.C. and was aired on April 8, 10 and 11, 1984. Washington's life in the French and Indian War, the second part shows the coming and commencement of the Revolutionary War and the final part describes the victory of the

title: Bibliography of George Washington

text: Bibliography of George Washington This bibliography of George Washington is a selected list of written and published works about George Washington (1732–1799). Google Scholar lists over 6000 scholarly books and articles with his name in the title. It covers his life in general or in part and includes primary sources containing Washington's works, letters, records, diaries, etc. The literature on Washington is immense, his biographers and editors having lived in four separate centuries. Many of the publications listed here lend themselves to Washington in a biographical capacity, while many cover specific events and other topics where Washington is the central

title: Palmer, Washington

text: Palmer, Washington Palmer is an unincorporated community in King County, Washington, United States. It is located along the Green River next to the Kanaskat-Palmer State Park. Palmer was originally a telegraph station on the Northern Pacific Railway opened during the construction of the railway's line across Stampede Pass c. 1886. The point was originally named "Green River." In 1888, the NP changed the name to "Palmer" for George L. Palmer, then a timber cruiser for the company and later an official in the company's Land Department. The original route across Stampede Pass traveled from Tacoma, Washington to Puyallup, Washington, where

title: George Washington Scott

text: in Decatur Cemetery. George Washington Scott George Washington Scott (February 22, 1829 – October 3, 1903) was a noted Florida businessman, planter, and military officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Scott was born in Alexandria, Pennsylvania, and was the 4th child of Agnes Irvine and John Scott, Sr., both of Scottish descent. He became a merchant and farmer in Pennsylvania. In 1850 Scott visited Florida and moved to Quincy, Florida in 1851. In 1852, Scott moved to Leon County, Florida, where he established a mercantile exchange and his George W. Scott Plantation. In 1860 Scott

title: George Washington Scott

text: George Washington Scott George Washington Scott (February 22, 1829 – October 3, 1903) was a noted Florida businessman, planter, and military officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Scott was born in Alexandria, Pennsylvania, and was the 4th child of Agnes Irvine and John Scott, Sr., both of Scottish descent. He became a merchant and farmer in Pennsylvania. In 1850 Scott visited Florida and moved to Quincy, Florida in 1851. In 1852, Scott moved to Leon County, Florida, where he established a mercantile exchange and his George W. Scott Plantation. In 1860 Scott enlisted in the

title: George Washington (Greenough)

text: on the second floor of the museum since that time. The demigod-like pose of Washington is portrayed in Dan Brown's best-selling novel "The Lost Symbol" (2009), in which the author describes a hypothesis according to which Washington and the other founding fathers decorated the national capital full of Freemason and other occult symbols. The statue appears near the beginning of the 2013 first person shooter, "BioShock Infinite", set in an alternate 1912 where Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson are worshiped by the inhabitants of the floating city of Columbia. George Washington (Greenough) George Washington (1840) is a massive sculpture

title: George Washington Baines

text: George Washington Baines George Washington Baines, Sr. (December 29, 1809 – December 29, 1882), a maternal great-grandfather of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, was a Baptist clergyman in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas who served briefly as natural science professor and President of Baylor University at its first location in Independence in Washington County, Texas. Baines was born near the Atlantic coast in Perquimans County, North Carolina, to the Reverend Thomas Baines and the former Mary McCoy. In 1817, the Baines moved to Georgia and then to Alabama, where Baines attended the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. He did not graduate

title: George Washington Buckner

text: the "Colored Folks" section of region's Democratic newsletter urging them to support the party, earning himself the nickname "Elder Statesman of Indiana Blacks". He died at the age of 87 in Evansville and is buried there in Oak Hill Cemetery. His son, Zach Buckner, donated much of his father's memorabilia to the Evansville Museum, where it is on display in an exhibit. A housing project in Evansville, George W. Buckner Towers, is named for him. George Washington Buckner George Washington Buckner (December 1, 1855 – February 17, 1943) was an African-American physician and diplomat. He was United States minister to

title: George Washington Weidler

text: George Washington Weidler George Washington Weidler (October 22, 1837 – September 19, 1908) was a prominent 19th century transportation agent, investor, and business owner in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Born in Pennsylvania, he moved as a young man to St. Louis, Missouri, where he began a career in merchandising and shipping. His work gradually took him further west, to Utah Territory, Nevada Territory, California, and in 1866 to Oregon, where he remained for the rest of his life. In Portland, Weidler worked as an agent for Ben Holladay and Henry Villard, both of whom controlled large transportation

title: Hotel George Washington (Jacksonville)

text: Hotel George Washington, in its heyday, was the center of cultural activities in Jacksonville. The George Washington Auditorium, built in 1941, was the biggest concert hall in town at the time (replacing the Duval County Armory), big enough for classical music events and cotillion balls. The Hotel housed a steak house, a cocktail lounge, a dance hall called the Rainbow Room, a Rexall drugstore and a barber shop. Charles Lindbergh stayed at the George Washington while visiting Jacksonville. The Beatles were scheduled to perform on September 11 at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, where they overheard that the venue was

title: George Washington Smith (congressman)

text: George Washington Smith (congressman) George Washington Smith (August 18, 1846 – November 30, 1907) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Putnam County, Ohio, Smith moved with his father to Wayne County, Illinois, in 1850. Learned the blacksmith trade. He also attended the common schools. In 1868 he graduated from the literary department of McKendree College. After this he studied law in Fairfield, Illinois. He then went to Indiana University where he received a law degree in 1870. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Murphysboro, Illinois. He served as master in chancery

title: George Washington (Ceracchi)

text: George Washington (Ceracchi) George Washington is a marble bust portrait of George Washington, done in the style of a Roman emperor, by the Italian sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi. It was created as part of a campaign by Ceracchi to build a larger monument to Washington. The bust was thought by many to be one of the most lifelike. It was later used as a model of Washington for works by other sculptors and engravers. In the spring of 1791, Ceracchi came to Philadelphia, then the seat of the United States government, in an attempt to get a commission from Congress for

title: USS George Washington (1798)

text: USS George Washington (1798) The first USS "George Washington" was a frigate in the United States Navy. She was named after President George Washington. "George Washington" was built as a merchant vessel at Providence, R.I., in 1793; purchased by the Congress at Providence 12 October 1798 from John Brown and John Francis for $10,400 in cash and $30,000 in 6 percent navy stock, for use in the developing undeclared naval war (the so-called Quasi-War) with France, and converted to a warship under the supervision of Captain Silas Talbot with Captain Patrick Fletcher in command. "George Washington" proceeded in early December

title: George Washington Doane

text: George Washington Doane George Washington Doane (May 27, 1799 – April 27, 1859) was a United States churchman, educator, and bishop in the Episcopal Church for the Diocese of New Jersey. Doane was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1818, studied theology and, in 1821, was ordained deacon and in 1823 priest by Bishop Hobart, whom he assisted in Trinity church, New York. With George Upfold (1796–1872), Bishop of Indiana from 1849 to 1872, Doane founded St. Luke's in New York City. From 1824–1828 he was professor of "belles-lettres" in Washington (now

text: added to the antler arches the same year. George Washington Memorial Park (Jackson, Wyoming) George Washington Memorial Park is located at the center of Jackson, Wyoming. More generally known as "Town Square", the park is notable for its elk-antler arches at each corner of the park, collected from the nearby National Elk Refuge by Boy Scouts and periodically rebuilt. The square originally existed as an open space in the center of town that was made into a park in 1934. The park center also contains a stone memorial to John Colter. The Town Square originated as an open space in

title: George Augustine Washington

text: growers," and the owner of 274 slaves. During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, he lived in New York City. Washington served on the boards of directors of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. He also served as a member of the Tennessee General Assembly from 1873 to 1875. Washington was married twice. He died on December 4, 1892 in Cedar Hill, Tennessee. His son Joseph E. Washington served as a United States Congressman from Tennessee from 1887 to 1897. George Augustine Washington Colonel George Augustine Washington (1815 – December 4, 1892) was an American

title: George Washington Bridge

text: (the current Alexander Hamilton Bridge) to connect with the George Washington Bridge. Bids for constructing tollbooths and floodlight towers were opened in July 1931. The George Washington Bridge was dedicated on October 24, 1931, with a ceremony attended by 30,000 guests. The opening ceremony was accompanied by a show from military airplanes, as well as speeches from politicians including New Jersey governor Morgan Foster Larson and New York governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. The first people to cross the George Washington Bridge were reportedly two elementary school students who roller-skated across the bridge from the New York side. Pedestrians were allowed

title: George Washington Shaver

text: 1922, in a collision between an automobile and an electric train. In May 1886, the Democratic Party of Multnomah County, Oregon nominated George W. Shaver for the position of county commissioner. Children of George W. Shaver and Sarah Dixon included: George Washington Shaver died on October 26, 1900. His body was buried in Riverview Cemetery. George Washington Shaver George Washington Shaver (March 2, 1832 – October 26, 1900) was an Oregon pioneer, and, with his sons, a founder of Shaver Transportation Company. He is typically referred to as George W. Shaver or G.W. Shaver. George Washington Shaver was born in

title: SS George Washington

text: Washington" radioed a warning to all ships in the area. The White Star steamship , some east of "George Washington"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s position, acknowledged receipt of the warning, one of several her radio operators received. On 15 April, "George Washington" received garbled transmissions that informed that "Titanic" had struck an iceberg less than twelve hours later, and in nearly the same position as the one that "George Washington" had reported. Edwin Drechsel, in his 2-volume chronicle of North German Lloyd, draws comparisons between the iceberg photographed by "George Washington" (and first published in his book), and a taken from the Hamburg America

title: George Washington Cass

text: George Washington Cass George Washington Cass (March 12, 1810 – March 21, 1888) was an American industrialist and president of the Northern Pacific Railway. George Washington Cass was born near Dresden, Ohio, March 12, 1810, to George W. and Sophia (Lord) Cass. He married Louisa Dawson in 1842. Cass attended Detroit Academy, 1824 to 1827, in Detroit, Michigan, while living with his uncle Lewis Cass, governor, Michigan Territory. He then graduated from U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, class of 1832. Cass joined United States Army Corps of Engineers circa 1832, working on improvements to the Cumberland Road. Cass

title: George Washington Wurts

text: George Washington Wurts George Washington Wurts (1843 in Philadelphia – January 25, 1928 in Rome) was an American diplomat and art collector. George Washington Wurts was one of eight children of William Wurts of Trenton, New Jersey. William Wurts, who with his brothers founded the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, left a significant inheritance to his children on his death in 1858. In 1865 Wurts moved from Philadelphia to Florence, Italy and became an assistant to George Perkins Marsh. Marsh, the first United States minister to the Kingdom of Italy, found the young Wurts to be "cultivated, hard-working, descreet, intensely

title: USS George Washington (1798)

text: in May 1802 by the Navy agent in Philadelphia, George Harrison. USS George Washington (1798) The first USS "George Washington" was a frigate in the United States Navy. She was named after President George Washington. "George Washington" was built as a merchant vessel at Providence, R.I., in 1793; purchased by the Congress at Providence 12 October 1798 from John Brown and John Francis for $10,400 in cash and $30,000 in 6 percent navy stock, for use in the developing undeclared naval war (the so-called Quasi-War) with France, and converted to a warship under the supervision of Captain Silas Talbot with

title: George Washington Browne

text: list of works is very impressive:- George Washington Browne Sir George Washington Browne FRIBA (21 September 1853 – 15 June 1939) was a British architect. He was born in Glasgow, and trained there and in London. He practiced mainly in Edinburgh, where he designed a number of large public and commercial buildings (the British Linen Bank being a frequent client), although his work is found throughout Scotland and Britain. He began his career as an architect in around 1869, when he was 16, with the office of Salmon Son & Ritchie. Following completion of his articles in 1873, Browne moved

title: George Washington Browne

text: George Washington Browne Sir George Washington Browne FRIBA (21 September 1853 – 15 June 1939) was a British architect. He was born in Glasgow, and trained there and in London. He practiced mainly in Edinburgh, where he designed a number of large public and commercial buildings (the British Linen Bank being a frequent client), although his work is found throughout Scotland and Britain. He began his career as an architect in around 1869, when he was 16, with the office of Salmon Son & Ritchie. Following completion of his articles in 1873, Browne moved to London in 1875, and joined

title: Bibliography of George Washington

text: estimates that to date more than 900 books have been written about George Washington. The greater volume of George Washington's known letters were first edited and published in the 19th century by several prominent historians. These works form the basis of all other such publications that followed. Jared Sparks was given access to Washington's personal writings and other documents by Bushrod Washington who had inherited them from his uncle George Washington upon his death. After a several year effort Sparks produced his twelve volume "The Writings of George Washington", published from 1833 to 1839. Sparks was widely praised for his

title: George Washington Colonials football

text: George Washington Colonials football The George Washington Colonials football team represented The George Washington University of Washington D.C. in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) major college-level football competition from 1881 to 1966. The team's home field in the final seasons was (now RFK), shared with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. The Colonials were most successful between the 1930s and 1950s, when they regularly played top-level competition. George Washington made one bowl game appearance, at the end of the 1956 season at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas; the Colonials shut out host Texas Western (now UTEP)

title: George Washington Harris

text: George Washington Harris George Washington Harris (March 20, 1814 – December 11, 1869) was an American humorist best known for his character, "Sut Lovingood," an Appalachian backwoods reveler fond of telling tall tales. Harris was among the seminal writers of Southern humor, and has been called "the most original and gifted of the antebellum humorists." His work influenced authors such as Mark Twain, William Faulkner, and Flannery O'Connor. Harris moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, as a child, where he worked variously as a silversmith, riverboat captain, and farmer. His earliest works were political satires published in the "Knoxville Argus" around 1840,

title: George Washington Cottle

text: George Washington Cottle George Washington Cottle (1811 – March 6, 1836) was a Republic of Texas soldier who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Cottle was born in Missouri and arrived in Texas with his parents, Jonathan and Margaret Cottle, several siblings, and three cousins July 6, 1829 where he settled in DeWitt's Colony on the Lavaca River. Cottle received a league of land at the headwaters of the Lavaca River near Gonzales on September 12, 1832. He married his cousin Eliza Cottle (daughter of his uncle Isaac Cottle and Mary Ann Williams Cottle) on November 7, 1830. They

title: George Washington Inn

text: George Washington Inn George Washington Inn is a bed and breakfast inn located between Sequim and Port Angeles on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It was built as a replica of Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington. The inn opened for business on February 16, 2008. Located near the Olympic National Park, the inn is on a ten-acre waterfront estate and lavender farm in the Sequim Valley at the foot of the Olympic Mountains. The Strait of Juan de Fuca stretches northward from the inn's high bluff to the city of Victoria, British Columbia and

title: George Steptoe Washington

text: Harewood. Through his son William, George Steptoe Washington was the grandfather of Jane Washington (b. 1834), who married Thomas Gascoigne Moncure (1837–1906) and had no issue; Lucy Washington (1822–1825), who died young; Millissent Fowler Washington (1824–1893), who married Robert Grier McPherson (1819–1899) and had issue; William Temple Washington, Jr. (b. 1827); Thomas West Washington (1829–1868); Eugenia Scholay Washington (1838–1900), a founder of the lineage societies, Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America; and Ferdinand Steptoe Washington (1843–1912). George Steptoe Washington George Steptoe Washington (August 17, 1771 - January 10, 1809) was a planter,

title: George Washington Carver High School (Rockville, Maryland)

text: George Washington Carver High School (Rockville, Maryland) George Washington Carver High School and Junior College was the high school for black children in Rockville prior to the integration of public schools' The school, the first high school for black children in Montgomery County, Maryland, originally opened in 1927 as Rockville Colored High School with 40 students. From 1945 to 1951, the school was known as Lincoln High School. In 1937, represented by Thurgood Marshall, Rockville Colored Elementary School principal William B. Gibbs, Jr. successfully sued the Montgomery County School Board over its practice of paying white teachers more than black

title: SS George Washington

text: in the U.S. Navy. When "George Washington" was launched in 1908, she was the largest German-built steamship and the third-largest ship in the world. "George Washington" was built to emphasize comfort over speed and was sumptuously appointed in her first-class passenger areas. The ship could carry a total of 2,900 passengers, and made her maiden voyage in January 1909 to New York. In June 1911, "George Washington" was the largest ship to participate in the Coronation Fleet Review by the United Kingdom's newly crowned king, George V. On 14 April 1912, "George Washington" passed a particularly large iceberg south of

title: Military career of George Washington

text: battles where George Washington was the commanding officer. Military career of George Washington The military career of George Washington spanned over forty years of service. Washington's service can be broken into three periods (French and Indian War, American Revolutionary War, and the Quasi-War with France) with service in three different armed forces (British provincial militia, the Continental Army, and the United States Army). Because of Washington's importance in the early history of the United States of America, he was granted a posthumous promotion to General of the Armies of the United States, legislatively defined to be the highest possible rank

title: George Washington Glasscock

text: the first flour mill in what was then western Texas. He was an early member of Austin's First Baptist Church and was a Mason. He continued to live in Austin until his death on 28 February 1868. He died when he was thrown from a mule on his land near Webberville. He is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in downtown Austin, TX. His son, George Washington Glasscock, Jr., was a State Senator in the Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first Texas Legislatures. Glasscock County and Georgetown in Texas are both named in his honor. George Washington Glasscock George Washington Glasscock (April 11,

title: George Washington Rodgers

text: George Washington Rodgers Commander George Washington Rodgers (October 30, 1822 – August 17, 1863) was an officer of the United States Navy. Rodgers was born in Brooklyn, the son of Captain George Washington Rodgers (1787–1832) and Anna Maria Perry. His maternal grandfather was Christopher Raymond Perry and he came from a family with an extensive history in the Navy. Rodgers was warranted midshipman in the Navy on April 30, 1836 and was promoted to passed midshipman on July 1, 1842. He served in the West Indies, Africa, and Mediterranean. During the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), Rodgers served in the Gulf of

title: George Washington Bowie

text: George Washington Bowie George Washington Bowie (1827 – August 11, 1901), was a Civil War Union officer, commander of 5th Regiment California Volunteer Infantry, brevetted Brigadier General of Volunteers. George Washington Bowie was born in Maryland in 1827. He came to Burlington, Iowa while it was Iowa Territory. He became a delegate to the Second Constitutional Convention, which met at Iowa City in 1846. He was a representative from Des Moines County in the First General Assembly of Iowa. In the Mexican–American War he was commissioned a first lieutenant of U. S. infantry March 8, 1847 and assigned to Company

title: George Washington Colonials baseball

text: renovation in 2012 to install a new press box, concession area, dugouts, bullpens and stadium seating. In 2014, Ave Tucker, an alumnus and former center fielder, donated $2 million. The name of the facility was officially changed to Tucker Field in his honor. He graduated in 1977 from the George Washington University School of Business. The following is the home record of the Colonials since they relocated to Tucker Field. George Washington Colonials baseball The George Washington Colonials baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of George Washington University in Washington, DC, United States. The team is a member

title: George Washington Academy

text: George Washington Academy George Washington Academy is located in Casablanca, on the southern edge of the city close to Dar Bouazza, Morocco. It is a PK-12 private American school. GWA opened in 1998 with 52 students; today GWA has roughly 900 students from 40 nationalities. George Washington Academy is a not-for-profit institution that is recognized by both the Moroccan and United States governments as an American, Accredited, AP school. In 2018, GWA became an IB Candidate School. [George Washington Academy is a candidate school* for the Diploma Programme. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. The student

title: George Washington Rodgers

text: the silencing of Fort Sumter and the batteries on Morris Island." Rodgers was killed aboard the "Catskill" on August 17, 1863, after a shot pierced the pilothouse while Rodgers commanded the attack on Fort Wagner in the Second Battle of Charleston Harbor. George Washington Rodgers Commander George Washington Rodgers (October 30, 1822 – August 17, 1863) was an officer of the United States Navy. Rodgers was born in Brooklyn, the son of Captain George Washington Rodgers (1787–1832) and Anna Maria Perry. His maternal grandfather was Christopher Raymond Perry and he came from a family with an extensive history in the

title: George Washington Jr.

text: George Washington Jr. George Washington Jr. (August 1899 – December 27, 1966) served for a time as treasurer of the G. Washington Coffee Company started by his father, George Washington. He was also an inventor, patenting a photoengraving process for newspapers that was introduced by Fairchild Camera and Instrument in 1948. He was born in August 1899 in New York City to George Washington. He attended the Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School in Brooklyn, New York City and the Milford School. He served in the Army Signal Corps during World War I. He married Marian Engel. He served as treasurer

title: George Washington (train)

text: George Washington (train) The George Washington was a named passenger train of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway running on a route between Cincinnati, Ohio and Washington, D.C. It began service in 1932 to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the first president of the United States. When the "George Washington" was inaugurated as C&O's top-notch train on April 30, 1932, it was one of only two all-air-conditioned, long-distance trains operating in America. (the other was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's "Capitol Limited", which was instituted as an all-air-conditioned train only a week or so before the "George Washington").

title: George Washington Gale

text: Labor College) in 1837, site of one of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. George Washington Gale George Washington Gale (1789 – September 13, 1861) was born in Stanford, New York and became a Presbyterian minister in western New York state. A graduate of Union College in 1814, and Princeton Theological Seminary in 1819. in 1827 Gale founded the Oneida Institute in Whitesboro, New York, an institution where students would pay for their education by doing manual labor. Under the ministry of Gale, Charles Finney professed faith in Christ and undertook to become a Christian minister. Gale later settled in

title: George Washington Gale

text: George Washington Gale George Washington Gale (1789 – September 13, 1861) was born in Stanford, New York and became a Presbyterian minister in western New York state. A graduate of Union College in 1814, and Princeton Theological Seminary in 1819. in 1827 Gale founded the Oneida Institute in Whitesboro, New York, an institution where students would pay for their education by doing manual labor. Under the ministry of Gale, Charles Finney professed faith in Christ and undertook to become a Christian minister. Gale later settled in what would become Galesburg, Illinois, to found Knox College (then called the Knox Manual