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WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY

ITS HISTORY, OBSERVANCE, SPIRIT, AND SIGNIFICANCE AS RELATED IN PROSE AND VERSE, WITH A SELECTION FROM WASHINGTON'S SPEECHES AND WRITINGS

ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER PREFACE CONTENTS INTRODUCTIONToC

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IToC

THE DAY WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY [6]ToC

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WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAYToC THE BIRTHDAY OF WASHINGTONToC ANONYMOUS WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAYToC WASHINGTON AND OUR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGESToC CROWN OUR WASHINGTONToC WASHINGTON-MONTH[7]

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IIToC EARLY YEARS

A GLIMPSE OF WASHINGTON'S BIRTHPLACE

From The Christian Endeavor World

SOMETHING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BOYHOODToC ANONYMOUS

From The Evangelist

WASHINGTON'S TRAININGToC WASHINGTON AS HE LOOKEDToC From The Christian Endeavor World

IIIToC THE GENERAL

WASHINGTON IS APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF [8]

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WASHINGTON AT TRENTON [10]ToC The Battle Monument, October 19, 1893

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GEORGE WASHINGTONToC From "Washington and the Generals of the Revolution" VALLEY FORGEToC

From Centennial Address delivered at Valley Forge, June 19, 1878

WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGEToC A FRENCHMAN'S ESTIMATE OF WASHINGTON IN 1781ToC

From Magazine of American History.

IVToC THE PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON AND THE CONSTITUTIONToC WASHINGTON'S ADMINISTRATION [11]—1789-1797 ToC

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WASHINGTONToC WASHINGTON'S INAUGURATION[12]ToC

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WASHINGTONIANAToC Extracts from the Contemporary Newspapers and other Accounts of the Inauguration of our First President in 1789

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LESSONS FROM THE WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL ToC PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S RECEPTIONS ToC THE FOREIGN POLICY OF WASHINGTON ToC

VToC LAST DAYS

GEORGE WASHINGTON [16]ToC

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WASHINGTON'S LAST DAYS [17]ToC

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THE MOUNT VERNON TRIBUTE[18] ToC

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THE WORDS OF WASHINGTONToC

Delivered at the laying of the cornerstone of the new wing of the Capitol at Washington, July 4, 1851

VIToC TRIBUTES

MEMORIALS OF WASHINGTON[19]ToC

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FROM THE "COMMEMORATION ODE"ToC World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, October 21, 1892

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON'S STATUEToC TRIBUTESToC WASHINGTON'S NAME IN THE HALL OF FAME ToC ESTIMATES OF WASHINGTONToC WASHINGTON'S RELIGIOUS CHARACTERToC

In an Address, February 22, 1898

WASHINGTONToC ANONYMOUS

VIIToC WASHINGTON'S PLACE IN HISTORY

THE HIGHEST PEDESTALToC WASHINGTON IN HISTORYToC TO THE SHADE OF WASHINGTONToC THE MAJESTIC EMINENCE OF WASHINGTONToC

In an Address, February 22, 1888

FOR A LITTLE PUPILToC ANONYMOUS WASHINGTON'S FAMEToC WASHINGTONToC The Brightest Name on History's Page WASHINGTON, THE PATRIOT ToC

VIIIToC THE WHOLE MAN

GEORGE WASHINGTONToC HISTORICAL MEMORABILIA OF WASHINGTON ToC COMPILED BY H.B. CARRINGTON A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF WASHINGTON [20]ToC

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THE CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON ToC

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MOUNT VERNON, THE HOME OF WASHINGTONToC THE UNSELFISHNESS OF WASHINGTONToC THE GENIUS OF WASHINGTON [24]ToC

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WASHINGTON'S SERVICE TO EDUCATIONToC ADDRESS AT THE DEDICATION OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENTToC THE CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON ToC

IXToC ANECDOTES AND STORIES

ANECDOTES OF WASHINGTONToC THE ABUSE OF WASHINGTONToC PROVIDENTIAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF WASHINGTONToC CHARACTERISTICS OF WASHINGTON ToC Von Braam and Washington GREAT GEORGE WASHINGTON [25] ToC

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HEADQUARTERS IN 1776 [26]ToC

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XToC SELECTIONS FROM WASHINGTON'S SPEECHES AND WRITINGS

SELECTIONS FROM THE RULES OF CIVILITY ToC SAID BY WASHINGTONToC WASHINGTON BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, AUGUST, 1776ToC FROM VARIOUS LETTERS, SPEECHES, AND ADDRESSESToC WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL TO THE ARMYToC PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S RESPONSE TO THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON RECEIPT OF THE COLORS OF FRANCE, 1769ToC WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESSToC

XIToC EXERCISES

DECORATIONS FOR WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY EXERCISESToC SOME YEARS IN WASHINGTON'S LIFE ToC SOMETHING BETTERToC THE STATES CROWNING WASHINGTONToC THE NEW GEORGE WASHINGTONToC ANONYMOUS IN PRAISE OF WASHINGTONToC

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