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1. Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben - One of America's Founding Fathers

   ... immediately sent Steuben to Valley Forge where General George Washington and his army were spending the winter. Steuben arrived at ...

   12/20/2023 - 22:39

2. Alexander Hamilton: The Constitutional Clashes That Shaped a Nation Exhibit

   ... from New York.   In 1777, Hamilton became General George Washington's assistant. In 1788, Hamilton convinced New Yorkers to ratify the ...

   07/20/2020 - 02:10

3. Thomas Jefferson - One of America's Founding Fathers

   ... Members of the Constitutional Convention led by George Mason even refused to sign the United States Constitution over this ... the Constitution of the United States , and George Washington was elected President of the newly established Federal government. ...

   07/08/2020 - 07:49

4. James Madison, Jr. - One of America's Founding Fathers

   ... it still had many opponents and a crusade led by George Mason for the enshrinement of a Bill of Rights within the Constitution ...   Democratic-Republican Party With George Washington as President, Madison found himself in a position of considerable ...

   07/16/2020 - 07:21

5. John Adams Predicted Annual Independence Day Celebrations on July 2nd

   ... became the nation's first Vice President under President George Washington , and then the nation's Second President. On this day in ...

   08/11/2020 - 01:48

6. Yards Brewing Company Tours

   ... line (surprise, surprise), inspired by recipes of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, who are all starring ...

   08/16/2018 - 14:24

7. 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia

   ... States in 1790, there were no political conventions. George Washington , who served as President of the United States from 1790-1797 (in ...

   08/20/2020 - 18:21

8. Belmont Mansion & The Underground Railroad Museum

   ... Fortunately for the home, Richard Peters had served as George Washington’s Secretary of War in the Continental Army, and he was a member of ...

   06/30/2020 - 14:33

9. James McHenry - One of America's Founding Fathers

   ... United States Constitution .  In 1796, President George Washington named McHenry the third Secretary of War in United States ...

   06/29/2020 - 02:53

10. Robert Morris, One of America's Founding Fathers & Financier of the American Revolution

    ... and the Constitution of the United States along with George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, George Read, Roger Sherman, and James Wilson. ... Absalom Jones, Betsy Ross, Benjamin Rush and George Washington. An immigrant orphaned at 16, Morris became a partner in a ...

    01/20/2022 - 00:00

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