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A Year With George Washington – February 6th

February 6, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

On February 6th, 1797, Washington writes in his diary that he attended the New York Theatre.

A Year With George Washington – February 5th

February 5, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

George Washington updates the Continental Congress President, John Hancock, regarding the myriad challenges facing his command.

A Year With George Washington – February 4th

February 4, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

Electors cast their ballots unanimously for George Washington, electing him the first president of the United States.

A Year With George Washington – February 3rd

February 3, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

In what would become one of the most consequential snubs in world history, George Washington would repeatedly be denied a royal commission in the British Army.

A Year With George Washington – February 2nd

February 2, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

General George Washington censures Major General William Heath for botching an attack on Fort Independence.

A Year With George Washington – February 1st

February 1, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

Following the death of his half-brother Lawrence, Washington became the official Adjutant of James River Counties (northern neck), and was appointed the rank of major at the age of twenty.

A Year With George Washington – January 31st

January 31, 2026InA Year With George Washington, Featured

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.

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