General George Washington during the Siege of Boston

George Washington (1732-1799), the first President of the United States, was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. General Washington had never led an army before and even recognized he had little experience leading larger groups of soldiers. The majority ...

Major General George Washington Goethals' Home

1888~1907

The great engineering genius of the Panama Canal lived at this site from 1888 until 1907.

As a young lieutenant, Gothals was sent to Florence to speed up the work on the Muscle Shoals Canal Project which effectively by~passed the serious ...

General George Washington

in frequent visits to the American

troops encamped nearby during the

War of the

Revolution

drank at this spring

and gave it its name

Cold Spring.

Marker is at the intersection of Railroad Avenue and Main Street, on the left ...

Washington’s General Orders

Washington’s General Orders

given at Cambridge, July 4, 1775

“The Continental Congress

having taken all the troops

of the several Colonies,

which have been raised,

or which may be hereafter raised

for the support and defence

of the Liberties of America;

into their pay and service.

They are now the ...

General George Washington

To Honor The Memory

of

General

George Washington

Guest of Our City

1791

Placed By

Elizabeth Washington

Chapter

D.A.R.

1932

Marker is at the intersection of Greene St and 6th St, on the left when traveling west on Greene St.

Courtesy hmdb.org

General Washington

was given a public

reception here on his

journey from West Point

to Kingston, Nov. 16, 1782.

Marker is at the intersection of Hurley Avenue (County Route 28) and Zandhoek Road, on the left when traveling south on Hurley Avenue.

Fort Couch - General Couch - Fort Washington

Left Panel

Fort Couch was built as part of the emergency fortifications erected to defend Harrisburg and nearby bridges across the Susquehanna River during the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania by Confederate forces. Fort Couch was built as an advance position ...

General George Washington

To Honor The Memory

of

General

George Washington

Guest of Our City

1791

Placed By

Elizabeth Washington

Chapter

D.A.R.

1932

Marker is at the intersection of Greene St and 6th St, on the left when traveling west on Greene St.

Courtesy hmdb.org

This House was Occupied by General George Washington

This House was occupied by General George Washington as Army Headquarters on four occasions during the Revolutionary War.

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Here the General in 1780, after reviewing the evidence in the case of Major John Andre, Adjunct General of the British Army, ...

Bicentennial of General George Washington's Birthday

To commemorate

the Bicentennial of the birthday of

General George Washington

at this spot hallowed by his stroke

of military genius in the crossing of

the Delaware on Christmas night – 1776

and to remind us

that the triumphs of the Revolution

were made possible only by his ...