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George Washington was born at Pope's Creek in 1732.

George Washington began inheriting enslaved people when he was 11-years-old.

George Washington's first career was as a surveyor.

George Washington contracted smallpox while visiting Barbados.

George Washington led an attack that started a world war.

Washington had only a grade-school education.

At age 22, Washington led a disastrous military skirmish that sparked a world war.

Washington’s first love was the wife of one of his best friends.

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One of the myths associated with Washington, that he chopped down the cherry tree, traces back to a biography written shortly after his death. The book’s author, Parson Weems, told several tall tales. True or not, the story of the cherry tree has led to the tradition of celebrating Washington’s birth with cherry pie instead of cake.

Only Washington and Abraham Lincoln are featured on both a U.S. coin and bill currently in circulation. While a likeness of Lincoln adorns the penny and five-dollar bill, Washington is honored with the quarter and the $1 bill. Washington was also featured on the country’s first postage stamps. He has appeared on more issues than all the other presidents combined have.

Washington was one of the founding fathers.

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About those teeth: No, they weren’t wooden.

Washington wasn’t always a great general, but he was an excellent spymaster.

When he stepped down as commander-in-chief, he didn’t want to run the country.

He had no biological children, but he was a father figure to many.

Washington was really into his animals.

Washington was pretty cagey when it came to his religious beliefs.

He had a complicated relationship with slavery.

Washington was a tough man to kill.

He Was an Entrepreneur

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Washington added the phrase “So help me God” to the end of the Presidential Oath of Office during his inauguration and it has been delivered in that manner ever since. It was his idea to the call the chief executive “Mr. President.” He is also the inspiration for the two-term limit for the presidency and it was he who issued the first Thanksgiving Proclamation designating November 26 as a national holiday.

The only president to unanimously receive all electoral votes, Washington never actually ran for president; he was drafted by popular demand. This feat was accomplished for both his terms. He refused to accept a salary as president and even spent some of his own money to pay the salaries of cabinet ministers and other members of the executive branch. Although instrumental in developing the plans for the District of Columbia and the White House, Washington never lived in the city or the Presidential Mansion. His inaugurations took place in New York and Philadelphia, the capital cities at that time.