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FO UN DI NG FA TH ER S
GEORGE
WASH INGTON
FUN FA CTS ABOUT
By Ka tie Ka wa
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Library o f Congress Catalog ing-in -Publication Data
Names: Kawa, Katie , author .
Title: 20 fun facts about Georg e Washi ngton / Ka tie Ka wa.
Other titles: Tw enty fun fa cts about George W ashing ton Description: New Y or k : Garet h Stevens Publishing, [2018] | Series: Fun fact le: the founding fa thers | Includes inde x.
Identiers: LC CN 2017000904| ISBN 9781538202906 (pbk. book) | ISBN 9781538202722 (6 pack) | ISBN 9781538202845 (libr ary bou nd book)
Subjects : LC SH: Washi ngton, George, 1732-1799--Juv enile litera ture. | Presidents--Unite d States- -Biograph y-- Juven ile literatur e. |
Generals-- United State s--Biogra phy- -Juve nile literatur e. Classication: LC C E312. 66 . K425 2018 | DDC 973.4/1092 [B ] --dc23 LC r ecord available at https :// lccn.loc.g ov/2017000904
First Edition
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Copyright 2018 Gareth Ste vens Publishing
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Editor: Rya n Nagelhout
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Contents
Words in the glossary appear in bold type the rst time th ey are us ed in the tex t.
A Famous Founding Father ......................
No School for Geor ge! ..........................
Military Might .................................
Leading the Re volution ........................
The First President ............................
Money Matters ...............................
Stepping Up and Stepping Dow n ................
Trav el Tr oubles ...............................
Life at Mount V erno n .........................
Back from the Dea d? ..........................
Kee ping His Memory Alive......................
Glossary ....................................
For More Infor mation ..........................
Index ......................................
A Famous
Founding F ather
W hat do you know a bout George Wa shington? Yo u probably know he was the rst pr esident of the Unite d States. Y ou might also know he led Americ an soldiers as the y fought for freedom from the British in the American Revol ution. Maybe you e ven know he lived in a big house in Virg inia called Mount V erno n. T heres so much more to learn , thoughfrom t he names of his dogs to the truth about his te eth. Rea d on to nd out fun fa cts about this Founding Father!
George Wa shington is sometimes called the Fa ther of His Country.
George W as hington stopped going to school when he was 15 .
N ot a lot is known f or sure about Washi ngtons childhood, but it is known his formal education ended when he w as around 15 years old. He didnt e ven go to college !
H is father , Augustine, died when Geor ge was 11 yea rs old, and there wasn t enough money to send George away to college. Instead, he tra ined as a survey or and read math books to get bett er at this job.
No School for George!
FACT 1
Because W as hington i s so famous, many myths, or larger-than-lif e stories, hav e been created about him ove r time. Now you know the truth behind the myths!
George Wa shington:
Myth an d T ru th
George Washingto n was given an ax as a gift when he was a child, and he used it to chop at his father s cherry tree. When his father aske d him what happened to the tree, George said he couldnt t ell a lie; he cut the tree.
This story , which was meant to show young Georges honest y, most likely never happened. It was in vented by a writer named Mason Locke Weems.
MYTH
FAC T
George Washingto n once threw a silver dollar across the Potomac River .
It was reported by W ashington s great- gr andson that he once threw a piece of slate across the Rappahannock River , w hich is much narrower than the Po tomac.
MYTH
FAC T
George Washingto n had wooden teeth.
MYTH
George Washingto n wore a wig.
MYTH
He did have fake teeth, but they we re made of things such as ivor y, human and animal teeth, gold, and leadnot wood.
FAC T
It might look like W ashingto ns white hair was a wig, but it was ac tually his real hair that was powdered.
FAC T
Was hington fought f or the British as part of the V irgin ia militia during the Fr ench and Indian W ar .
FACT 2
W ashington helped s tart a world w ar .
I n May 1754, Wa shington led British t roops to gh t the French in the Ohio River va lley in southwest ern Penns ylvania. This ghting spark ed what bec ame known as the Seven Y ea rs War ar ound the worl d and the Frenc h and Indian Wa r in North America .
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