Who was George Washington for you ?

Question

Who was George Washington for you ?

Answer 1

He was a great leader at a perilous time for the young United States.  There was nobody else who could have filled his role.  Without him the world would be a very different place today.

Answer 2

In March 1783, Washington used his influence to disperse a group of Army officers who had threatened to confront Congress regarding their back pay.  It was said that these officers wanted to dispose of the Congress and place General Washington as King of America, he didn't know quite what to say, however he did know that such an action would only serve to derail this great American experience while it was still at birth.

Asked to speak before these officers, men who he had served with for years and in all sorts of hardships, it came to him that he would quote from a letter he just only just received from home.  He stood before them with letter in hand searching for his reading glasses.  He found them and put them on saying to the men gathered there; "I fear I have grown old in your service."

This one act and comment was all that it took to completely defused this situation, in a moment nearly all present found themselves in tears and there was no further talk about confronting Congress with demands for their back pay or imposing a King upon this newly formed nation.

George Washington is in fact the Father of Our Nation; One of many truly great Americans along with Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and  Teddy Roosevelt.  They defined what and who Americans should be!

Answer 3

A man that totally changed history for the better.  without him our nation would just not be the same

Answer 4

A reptilian shapeshifter.

Answer 5

Who the h**l is George Washington?

haha just kidding

Answer 6

The man on the dollar and quarter.

He did smoke weed so I guess he was pretty cool for a politcian.

Answer 7

He was a leader of men and later, our first president.

Answer 8

He was a great military leader and 1st president of America held two terms An able administrator, he nevertheless failed to heal the widening breach between factions led by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. Because he supported many of Hamilton's controversial fiscal policies--the assumption of state debts, the Bank of the United States, and the excise tax--Washington became the target of attacks by Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans.  

Answer 9

He Was The First President Of USA.He Contributed A lot In Giving Independence To USA.He Is The man on the dollar and quarter Of USA Currency.He Was The Founder Of Nation Which Is Now A Superpower & Has World's Biggest Economy