World Famous Figures Series - Washington

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Features: Describes the life of the first U.S. President, George Washington. Washington was born into a planter family in Virginia. Good family education made him a morally upright and erudite person. After the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, he threw away his leisurely life on the plantation and devoted himself to the struggle for national independence. As the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, he led the troops in a grueling 8-year struggle against the British colonizers, ultimately winning the war. After the war, he was elected as the first U.S. President, guiding the nation through its difficult pioneering years. In his later years, Washington resigned and returned to his hometown, becoming a planter once again.