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George Washington’s career embodied a paradox. More than any other person, he created America as an independent country. But it was a country he couldn’t inhabit. He was an aristocrat and it was a republic. He was the first president and the last of his kind in America. Please join author, educator and historian H.W. Brands for a fresh perspective on our nation’s first leader.
George Washington’s career embodied a paradox. More than any other person, he created America as an independent country. But it was a country he couldn’t inhabit. He was an aristocrat and it was a republic. He was the first president and the last of his kind in America. Please join author, educator and historian H.W. Brands for a fresh perspective on our nation’s first leader.
