Parade for George Washington
Parade for George Washington Crowds cheering, trumpets sounding, and cannons firing! Congress chose the first president. Follow along as George Washington journeys from Virginia to his inauguration…
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Parade for George Washington
Crowds cheering, trumpets sounding, and cannons firing! Congress chose the first president. Follow along as George Washington journeys from Virginia to his inauguration in New York City.After the Revolutionary War, the newly formed U.S.
At every stop on George Washington's route, people were determined to celebrate their very first president. Every vote was for Washington.So began Washington's week-long trip from his home in Virginia to New York City, where he would be inaugurated. In Baltimore citizens rode along with Washington for seven miles, in Philadelphia people chanted "Long live George Washington," and in Elizabethtown, NJ, Washington was met with a parade of boats so spectacular that he would later write in his diary: "the decorations of the ships, the roar of cannon . . .
filled my mind with sensations."David A. Adler deftly retells this joyous journey
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Papers of George Washington
Papers of George Washington