He was first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen. Saturday is George Washington’s Birthday, commemorating the 1732 natal day of the indispensable man who won the American Revolution and served as our first president, the father of our country.
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As a surveyor, soldier, general, husband, stepfather, friend, president, farmer, innovator, inventor, and politician, George Washington was always excellent. His soldiers would have followed him anywhere, and his country entrusted him first with executive power, because they knew he could always be trusted to act with integrity, logic, courage, patriotism, and humility.
In the book “George Washington and the Irish,” Niall O’Dowd relates one story of Washington that illustrates how he was the sort of leader who always led
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