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Parents: Augustine and Mary Ball Washington.
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There is no actual evidence that Washington chopped down a cherry tree on his families farm when he was six but if it had occurred it would have been around this date.
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Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the British Army, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War.
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Washington is a full time farmer but agrees with many of those that are beginning to disagree with the crown.
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The Second Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia and Washington, one of the Virginia delegates, is elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army!
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Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia to replace the Articles of Confederation. Washington is unanimously elected President of the new nation.
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Washington served two terms before retiring back to his residence at Mount Vernon.
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George Washington died of a throat infection at his home at Mount Vernon and left behind a legacy that still impacts America today.
