(George Washington hears – “The Shot Heard ‘round the World”) 

George Washington was born in humble surroundings in what is still an idyllic part of Virginia. His birthplace “Wakefield” is on Popes Creek in Westmorland County VA. 

If your travels ever take you to the Virginia’s Northern Neck stop by and enjoy beautiful Wakefield.   It is a working farm – complete with staff and livestock.  Little could George or his parents have known the storied life he would lead. This is true even without the American Revolution or his becoming the first President of the United States of America factored in.

His boyhood home “Ferry Farm” near Fredericksburg is in Stafford County VA:                            

George Washington must have been the most reluctant boy to man to become a hero to his               countrymen:  as an adventurer, surveyor, statesman, general, president or renowned distiller            of his still famous bourbon recipe - George Washington's “White Dog”.

When looking at the life of this great American one begins to wonder if God above set him aside as a man of his times and one as an example for the ages. I ask you how many teenage boys ever put together a book much less one on rules for civility. He surveyed one Virginia’s natural wonders at Natural Bridge as a teenager as well.

Testimony of Chief who tried to have Washington shot repeatedly and could notBy the age of sixteen, Washington had copied 110 Rules of Civility Link below82nd Rule:  Undertake not what you cannot Perform but be Careful to keep your Promise.

George Washington surveyor - Signature on inner wall of Natural Bridge: 

It could easily be argued that without George Washington not only would the colonies have                lost the war for independence; they would not have been able to keep an army together to                defend this new nation. He then goes on to keep these new United States of America from                  becoming just one more Monarchy vs an elected and term limited presidency.

George Washington really desired one thing during his entire life. He wanted to live with his              wonderful wife Martha and develop Mount Vernon on the Potomac River into their home and a        thriving plantation. Something he rarely was given the chance to pursue as history continuously beckoned George Washington - the reluctant Hero.     

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