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Introducing our Premier Line of Quality Founding Fathers Costumes, they
are simply the very best children's costumes available...
These
kid’s costumes are built to last, your child will be proud when they wear this
colonial costume to his or her school production or play...
On April 30, 1789,
George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in
New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States.
"As the first of everything, in our situation will serve to establish a
Precedent," he wrote James Madison, "it is devoutly wished on my
part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles."
Born in 1732 into a Virginia planter family, he learned the morals, manners,
and body of knowledge requisite for an 18th century Virginia gentleman. When
the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in May 1775,
Washington, one of the Virginia delegates, was elected Commander in Chief of
the Continental Army. On July 3, 1775, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, he took
command of his ill-trained troops and embarked upon a war that was to last six
grueling years.
He realized early that the best strategy was to harass the British. He reported
to Congress, "we should on all Occasions avoid a general Action, or put anything
to the Risque, unless compelled by a necessity, into which we ought never to be
drawn." Ensuing battles saw him fall back slowly, then strike
unexpectedly. Finally in 1781 with the aid of French allies he forced the
surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Washington died of a throat infection
December 14, 1799. For months the Nation mourned him.
Lead your class as George Washington lead a nation in this colonial style navy
frock coat with creme vest, knickers and lace cuffs & jabot set.
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