George Washington

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Washington is really famous because he served as a general and commander in chief of the colonial armies during the American Revolution. Of course, George Washington is mostly known for becoming the first president of the United States. He served as a president from 1789 to 1797. Although he helped plan the nation's new capital city that was named for him, he never lived there. New York City and, later, Philadelphia were the nation's capitals while Washington was president. George Washington died on December 14, 1799, in Mount Vernon, Virginia.

A really interesting fact about him is that George Washington was one of the tallest president of the United States, at six feet, two inches tall, and 200 pounds. Some of George Washington's favorite dishes were cream of peanut soup, mashed sweet potatoes with coconut, and string beans with mushrooms. George Washington used to bred hound dogs that he treated like members of his family. He even gave some of them unusual names. Some of these names were: Tarter, True Love, and Sweet Lips. Another interesting fact about George is that toothaches bothered him for years. When he was 57, he had all his teeth pulled. From then on, he wore ivory false teeth set in a silver plate.

George Washington started school when he was six years old. He left school at 15 years old to become a surveyor because his mother couldn't afford to send him to college. George Washington's father was Augustine Washington and was born in 1694. Augustine married Mary Ball in 1731; she was his second wife. George was the eldest of Augustine and Mary's six children. George Washington's family was part of Virginia's middle class. At 26, George married Martha Dandridge Custis, a widow who already who already had two children, Jackie and Patsy. Washington never had any children of his own.