Priests and Kings

... until this:

founding father

“It is better to be alone than in bad company.”
- George Washington

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George Washington was forty three when the American revolution was launched.

Ovid's exitus acta probat was adopted as George Washington's family motto and means the outcome justifies the deed.

Photo source here.

A place to eat and drink in Philadelphia

http://www.citytavern.com

Where Adams met Jefferson, and where beer is based upon Washington's recipe.

Commander in Chief

"I know what it is to be unpopular, Mister Adams."
- George Washington

"nailed the face to the canvas"

Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart [1755-1828]

Sing not to yourself with a humming Noise

As a schoolboy, George Washington [1732-1799] filled part of an exercise book with one hundred and ten Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.