WASHINGTON

George, the hero of American Independence. and father of the Republic, was bom in 1732. His great-grandfather, John Washington, emigrated from England in 1657. In 1751 Washington became Adjutant-General of Virginia Militia, and though he was forced to capitulate to a superior French army in 1754, he made a splendid Commander in-Chicf during the War of Independence. When the peace was signed in 1783, he retired, refusing all reward except the payment of his personal expenses. In 1789 he was elected the first President of the Republic, and again in 1793, resigning in 1797; but when further trouble with France threatened, lie became Lieutenant-General of the Forces. He died in 1799.