February 2026 – The Almanack

A Year With George Washington – February 28th

February 28, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

John Washington, George Washington’s great-grandfather, runs aground in a storm on the Potomac and decides to stay in America.

A Year With George Washington – February 27th

February 27, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

Brigadier General William Maxwell writes General Washington from Elizabethtown, New Jersey, with news about a surprise attack by the British. The attack was repulsed by Maxwell and his men.

A Year With George Washington – February 26th

February 26, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

Pierre Charles L’Enfant, having been informed by President Washington that “your services must be at an end,” resigns as the capital city's architect.

A Year With George Washington – February 25th

February 25, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Benjamin Harrison, writes to General Washington concerning British troop movements in Virginia and the delicate matter of Washington’s mother, Mary, having petitioned the state for financial assistance.

A Year With George Washington – February 24th

February 24, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

President Washington issues a Proclamation on the Violent Opposition to the Excise Tax and offers a $200 bounty for the discovery and apprehension of the perpetrators.

A Year With George Washington – February 23rd

February 23, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

King George III is reported to have attempted to strangle his Prime Minister in a fit of rage, imagining him to be General George Washington.

A Year With George Washington – February 22nd

February 22, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

George Washington was born this day in 1732. His extraordinary life still resonates in us, the living, and will through the ages, to the yet unborn.

A Year With George Washington – February 21st

February 21, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

Congressman James Madison writes to President Washington with his advice on what grounds he should veto the National Bank Bill, should he decide to do so.

A Year With George Washington – February 20th

February 20, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

On February 20, 1775, George Washington attends a fateful meeting in Alexandria, Virginia, at which participants were chosen to represent Fairfax County at the upcoming Second Virginia Convention on March 20th in Richmond.

A Year With George Washington – February 19th

February 19, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

General Washington writes to Governor Patrick Henry of Virginia from Valley Forge, dreading the prospect of mutiny.

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