January 2026 – Page 2

A Year With George Washington – January 21st

January 21, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

President Washington wrote to Thomas Jefferson, urging him to accept his appointment as Secretary of State and to make haste in arriving at his post.

A Year With George Washington – January 20th

January 20, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

Inauguration Day was not always held on January 20th as it is today.

A Year With George Washington – January 19th

January 19, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

President George Washington formally solicited an opinion from the Senate about a grievance lodged by the charge d'affaires of France in the name of King Louis XVI.

A Year With George Washington – January 18th

January 18, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

Washington, having returned to his beloved Mount Vernon just after the Revolutionary War, writes to Virginia Governor Benjamin Harrison regarding the future of the now independent nation.

A Year With George Washington – January 17th

January 17, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

General Washington learns of the disastrous defeat at Quebec City

A Year With George Washington – January 16th

January 16, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

George Washington delivers a sealed letter from the French Commander of the Ohio region to Virginia Gov. Dinwiddie.

A Year With George Washington – January 15th

January 15, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

After church services, Washington returned to Mt. Vernon with George Mason. They continued their work of organizing and arming citizens in anticipation of war with Great Britain.