January 2026 – The Almanack

A Year With George Washington – January 31st

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On January 31, 1778, General Washington wrote to Henry Laurens, president of the Continental Congress, from Valley Forge concerning the “Conway Cabal,’ a group of officers attempting to have him removed as Commander-in-Chief.

A Year With George Washington – January 30th

January 30, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

January 30th, 1835. Though George Washington had been dead for 35 years, he reached up from the grave, literally, to save the life of another president.

A Year With George Washington – January 29th

January 29, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

January 29th,1789 - On the eve of the beginning of the American experiment in government under the newly adopted Constitution, Washington pens a letter to his dear friend, the Marquis de Lafayette, in which he espouses the “essential pillars of felicity” he will be duty-bound to uphold as President.

A Year With George Washington – January 28th

January 28, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

The mutinies of Pennsylvania and New Jersey troops end with the ringleaders executed by firing squad.

A Year With George Washington – January 27th

January 27, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

The mutinies of Pennsylvania and New Jersey troops end with the ringleaders executed by firing squad.

A Year With George Washington – January 26th

January 26, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

The long-serving governor of New York and future Vice President, George Clinton, writes to General Washington about the shortage of supplies and mutiny in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey lines.

A Year With George Washington – January 25th

January 25, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

General Washington, in a rare use of powers granted to him by the Continental Congress, issues a proclamation requiring citizens pledge an Oath of Loyalty or be sent behind British lines.