President George Washington

Birth	22 FEB 1732
Org.	1752		Freemason Acting Grand Master - Laid the cornerstone for the United States Capitol
History	18 JUL 1774		Fairfax Resolves Signer
Military			USA Army / General / Revolutionary War
Historical Events	26 DEC 1776		Trenton General, USA
History	1777		Valley Forge Encampment
	3 JAN 1777		Princeton
	11 SEP 1777		Brandywine
	4 OCT 1777		Germantown
	7-28-1778		Monmouth
	OCT 1781		Siege of Yorktown
History	May-Sep 1787		Constitutional Convention, 1787 Signer
Occup	1789-1797		USA President
Election	1792		USA Presidential Election
Death	14 DEC 1799		Cause: epiglottis
Grave			Funeral By Walter Dulany Addison

George Washington was a Virginia Episcopalian and a country gentleman, and a man of immense talent. He was elected vestryman of Truro Parish in Virginia in 1762 and remained a practicing Episcopalian all of his life. A couple of disputes have occurred, though, about his precise views. Washington regarded religion as essentially a private matter and did not answer questions about his personal religion. As far as we know, he declined to kneel for worship and prayer which is an Episcopalian tradition. Some individuals have interpreted this as a belief that he wasn't really devout or practicing and that for some reason he refused to give his assent to the faith. Some others have interpreted it merely, however, as an example of a gentryman's pride.... Read More