George Washington
Between 1753, when he was commissioned as a major of Virginia militia, and 1775, when the Second Continental Congress named him Commander-in-Chief of all colonial military forces, George Washington rose from anonymity as a minor landowner and surveyor to become America''s first national hero.
With little military training he led the thirteen fledgling colonies through six years of grueling war aga...
Between 1753, when he was commissioned as a major of Virginia militia, and 1775, when the Second Continental Congress named him Commander-in-Chief of all colonial military forces, George Washington rose from anonymity as a minor landowner and surveyor to become America''s first national hero.
With little military training he led the thirteen fledgling colonies through six years of grueling war aga...
