HAPPY (OBSERVED) BIRTHDAY, MR. PRESIDENT!

Mr. Squareview and I took our day off and finished our Mullet Bar.  I'll share pics tomorrow.  In the meantime, I wanted to take a moment to post a quick birthday greeting to our first President.

 

Born February 22 [February 11, Old Style calendar], 1732, Westmoreland County, Virginia [U.S.]—died December 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, Virginia, U.S.) American general and commander in chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution (1775–83) and subsequently first president of the United States (1789–97).

"I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is the best policy."

– George Washington