Talk:George Washington/to do

^^^^ If young Washington's report about his trip before the F&I war was "widely" read in Europe and North America can we have a link to the text? Surely it's available on line. If not, how about just a note. BK

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George Washington was often called" The Father of Our Contry".(a) He was the first President of the U.S. (b) He was laid the fountain for alot of laws and traditions we have today (c) He was called that because of his significant role in the revolution. These are the reasons why he was called "The Father of Our Country".
 * Under Washington's Interment and New Tomb, it says that his brother, John Augustine Washington, refused to let his body be moved in 1832. But the article on John Augustine Washington says he died in 1787, so it was, presumably, someone else. This should be fixed, but I don't have the information to do so.
 * Please change "... their faith does not matter." to "... they won't be persecuted for their different shades of beliefs or non-belief."
 * Include GW's Thanksgiving Proclamation. This balances the debate a little more and is essential to understanding GW more.
 * He is highly regarded among Freemasons and was a very active Freemason. There needs to be information on him as a Mason. See Freemasons below.
 * The section on the American Revolution needs to use more summary style
 * More use of footnotes! Use them where they aren't used! If you added print sources to the References list, go back and add footnotes when necessary.
 * Certain lists should be converted to prose
 * How speeches / addresses / appointments were seen by historians
 * Add information in the section about his presidency
 * Add information about his Native American policies as president: Treaty of New York, Northwest Indian War, Indian Intercourse Act, etc.
 * What was the role he played in developing the executive branch?
 * Information about diffusing the crisis over federal assumption of states' war debt is needed
 * Information about the selection of the area for the federal district is needed
 * How Washington had a tendency towards formal and ceremonious things
 * Expand how he was caught between Jefferson and Hamilton
 * Information about personal relationships with other founders is needed
 * Information on Washington's popularity before, during, and after his presidency is needed
 * French and Indian War section should be trimmed down quite a bit.
 * In the section on slavery lets add a reference to his Chef Hercules. Who also escaped while serving the at the Presidential Mansion in Philadelphia.
 * Add information on the trip to French Camp Erie
 * Add information on the fact that he was singled out by Indians and shot many times, as there were bullet holes through his jacket, but emerged from the battle with no wounds
 * Add section in right window of article on government positions. Need to add info on his delegacy to First Continental Congress (which appears in all other presidents' articles).  See new section below.
 * Remove the fawning tone that makes Washington appear super-human, because alas, he was not.
 * As per above note, perhaps some of the criticism in the press of Washington, although partisan, should be added. While partisan newspapers do not tell the whole story and certainly are biased, it is often the only way during Washington's era to see the other side of the story. Washington was often criticized for many things he did both politically and militarily and that must be recognized if the entirety of his history is to be correctly told.
 * Change the comment that Mr. Washington was only one of two presidents to personally command the military to a comment stating that he was either (1) the only one or (2) merely that he did it. See http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080613215204AAuLedT
 * Add section addressing the possibility (rumor) that Washington fathered a child with one of his sisters slave, who became the first keeper of his tomb
 * Although his ancestors did live in Sulgrave, originally they came from Washington, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, England. His ancestor William de Hertburne assumed tenancy of the Wessyngtonlands, a manor house now known as Washington Old Hall, and changed his name to William de Wessyngton (later Washington). That is where he got his name from, which I would think would be worth a mention since that is the name of the U.S. capital and state. Plus, Sunderland and Washington D.C. signed an Agreement of Friendship in 2006 because of this historical link. George Washington had DD's