March 2026 – Page 2 – The Almanack

A Year With George Washington – March 21st

March 21, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

Thomas Jefferson, having recently returned from France, reports for duty as President Washington’s and the nation’s first Secretary of State.

A Year With George Washington – March 20th

March 20, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

George Washington attends the Virginia Convention meeting at St. John’s Church in Richmond, at which Patrick Henry introduced his audacious resolves and uttered his famous line, “give me liberty or give me death!”

A Year With George Washington – March 19th

March 19, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

Six months after Nathan Hale was hanged by the British for being a patriot spy, a captain in an American Loyalist Regiment named Moses Dunbar was executed by Connecticut authorities on the charge of treason.

A Year With George Washington – March 18th

March 18, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

King George III gives his assent to the repeal of the Stamp Act following colonial uproar over its passage the previous year.

A Year With George Washington – March 17th

March 17, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

Succumbing to the siege and potential destruction at the hands of Washington’s Army, British Forces evacuate Boston and set sail for Halifax, Nova Scotia.

A Year With George Washington – March 16th

March 16, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

Washington meets 26-year-old Martha Dandridge Custis for the first time.

A Year With George Washington – March 15th

March 15, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

General Washington diffuses what would become known as the Newburgh Conspiracy with a humble and moving address.

A Year With George Washington – March 14th

March 14, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

Washington inherits full ownership of Mount Vernon upon the death of his sister-in-law, Anne Fairfax Washington Lee.

A Year With George Washington – March 13th

March 13, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

General Washington writes the Reverend Israel Evans from Valley Forge in gratitude for his Thanksgiving Discourse given the previous December 18th.

A Year With George Washington – March 12th

March 12, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

George Washington votes with fellow Burgesses to establish a Committee of Correspondence in an effort to streamline communication between sister colonies and Virginia.

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