George Washington was born on Feb. 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County Virginia. He was born into a Virginia planter family this is where he learned his morals, manners, and body of knowledge for a 18th century gentlemen. When George was growing up he pursued two intertwined interests: Military arts and western expansion. At the age of 16 he surveyed Shenandoah lands for Thomas, Lord Fairfax. Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew …showed first 75 words of 390 total…

…showed last 75 words of 390 total…pro-British. Rather, he insisted upon a neutral course until the U.S. Grow stronger. Washington Finally had a chance to retire and he did at his Mount Vernon Estate But he died 3 years Later of a throat infection in December 14 of 1799, and for months the nation mourned, but forever will he be remembered, for his courage and for the great leadership he obtained, and forever will he be remembered as the Father of our Country.