(AP) - Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly ... on Popes Creek Plantation near the Potomac River in Virginia. Technically, though, he was born Feb.

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at ... Situated on the broad Potomac, Mount Vernon was one of the great loves of Washington’s life. The Active FreemasonIn 1752, at ...

George Washington served as the first president ... A woman named Louisa Bird Cunningham passed the property while traveling down the Potomac River one night in 1853 and was dismayed by its ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

George Washington did help build the capital. In July 1790, Congress passed the Residence Act which called for the permanent capital of the U.S. to be located on the Potomac River. The city was ...