Monday, September 30, 2013

6th Grade Field Trip - Nixon Library George Washington - June 18, 2013

Notes:

George Washington at Nixon library 6-18-2013

- 1776 bells:
Mission bell San Juan Capistrano and liberty bell

Martha Washington

1st president married in the rose garden is

Cherry tree story is false - real story is 6 years of age got a hatchet. He scrapped the bark off the cherry tree. Pa I cannot tell a lie I did that with my hatchet. His dad hugged him. Telling the truth is worth 100 trees Etc... 

Minute men, bunker hill . Minute boys of bunker hill: book

Yankee Doodle song: maca-roni 
Farmer 

Family: never had children if his own. Martha had 2 kids. Patsy and Jackie adopted by him. Patsy died 16 yrs epilepsy suizure. Jackie he died during war of disease. George adopted Jackie's 2 kids out of 4. 2 young kids. George went back to war. And coming home 4 years later. He going to be a farmer. Nellie and little George were kids. 

Nellie said Feb 22 1779 want to be married on ur Bday in ur uniform. In mount Vernon. 

Commander in chief in the war. He designed a flag 1775

1732 feb 11 old calendar born

Revolutionary war how long 8.5 years. 8 winters of the war. 

French and Indian war and American revolution and whiskey rebellion. ( didn't want to pay tax and rebelled and George was commander in chief)

Winters of Washington 

He was homeschooled also at age 14 - 101 rules of civility book 





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