George Washington

-Born:  February 22, 1732 in Wakefield, Virginia

-Died:  December 14, 1799 in Mt. Vernon, Virginia                                      

-Delegate from Virginia
-Vice President - John Adams

-1752 - Appointed General of a military district in Virginia as a Major
-1753 - Sent to conduct business with the French Army in Ohio Valley
-1754 - Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and served in the French & Indian War
-1755 - Becomes top aide-de-camp to General Braddock; appointed Commander in Chief of Virginia forces
-1758 - Resigned his commission.
-1759 - Returned to the management of his estate at Mt. Vernon.
-1760-1774 - Served as Justice of the Peace
-1758-1774 - Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
-1774 - Delegate to the Williamsburg Convention
-1774-1775 - Member of the 1st and 2nd Continental Congresses
-1775 (June 15th) - Unanimously chosen as Commander in Chief of all forces raised or to be raised
-Commanded the continental armies throughout the War for Independence
-1783 (December 23) - Resigned his commission and returned to Mt. Vernon
-1787 - Delegate and President of the Federal Convention in Philadelphia
-1789 - Unanimously elected first President of the United States; inaugurated April 30th
-1792-1797 - Re-elected in 1792 and served until March 3, 1797, declining renomination
-1798 - Again appointed as Lieutenant General and Commander of the U.S. Army on July 3rd
-Served until his death December 14th, 1799, in Mt. Vernon, Virginia
-Internment in the vault at Mount Vernon

Pictures from my 8th grade class trip to Washington DC in 1990:

                          The Backside of Mount Vernon        
              

George Washington's Tomb
  (Taken with an old camera)

Pictures of George Washington from a trip to South Dakota in 2005:

            In a wax museum

President's Park

(My mom was trying to get out of the way! lol)

Mount Rushmore (Far left)