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George Washington's Birthday is celebrated as a federal holiday on the third Monday in February.
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The Battle of Jumonville Glen, is considered the first encounter of the French and Indian War.
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After a defeat at the Monongahela River t, Washington rallies the British troops for an organized and protected retreat.
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Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis and becomes, overnight, one of the richest men in the colonies.
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Washington, in New York, orderd that the newly published Declaration of Independence be read aloud to the troops.
