Posted by admin on December 30, 2010 under Fun Facts, George Washington Fun Facts | 
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They call it “the soup that won the war.”
That’s because legend has it that on Dec. 29, 1777, with the Continental Army exhausted and hungry from fighting through an exceptionally harsh winter at Valley Forge, Gen. George Washington turned to his army’s chef, Christopher Ludwick, for a meal to boost morale and warm the troops.
Posted by admin on November 2, 2009 under George Washington Quotes, Quotes | Be the First to Comment
“All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her. ”
Here George Washington expresses gratitude for the lessons he learned from his mother. His mother’s name was Mary Ball Washington. You can read more about her in the book: George Washington’s Mother, by Jean Fritz.
Posted by admin on October 26, 2009 under Fun Facts, George Washington Fun Facts | Be the First to Comment
George Washington was the only President who did not live in the White House. He was involved in the planning of the Capitol. Furthermore, the nation’s capital was located in Philadelphia during Washington’s administration making him the only president who didn’t live in Washington, D.C. during his presidency.
Posted by admin on October 25, 2009 under Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta, Clara Barton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth Blackwell, George C. Marshall, George Washington, Harriet Tubman, Harry S Truman, Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan, Jackie Robinson & Branch Rickey, Jane Addams, John Muir, Jonas Salk, Lewis & Clark & Sacagawea, Mary McLeod Bethune, Milton Hershey, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Roberto Clemente, Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Walt Disney | Be the First to Comment
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Fun facts are tidbits of information about the hero. They may be events or details – in most cases they are as unique as the hero him/herself.
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