27 September 2017 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Rubric: Portrait
Reading Time: 14 minutesPortrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart
George Washington was an
American politician and soldier who served as the
first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the
Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as
Commander-in-Chief of the
Continental Army during the
American Revolutionary War, and later presided over the
1787 convention that drafted the
United States Constitution. He is popularly considered the driving force behind the nation’s establishment and came to be known as the “
father of the country,” both during his lifetime and to this day.
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