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The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
George Washington
Born: February 22, 1732
Died: December 14, 1799 (aged 67)
Bio: George Washington was the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Known for:
- George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)
- The journal of Major George Washington (1754)
- The writings of George Washington (1799)
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