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'{{talkheader}} {{ArticleHistory |action1=PR |action1date=21:35, 2 January 2006 |action1link=Wikipedia:Peer review/George Washington/archive1 |action1result=reviewed |action1oldid=33551865 |action2=GAN |action2date=02:20, 21 June 2006 |action2result=listed |action2oldid=59717468 |action3=PR |action3date=14:00, 28 June 2006 |action3link=Wikipedia:Peer review/George Washington/archive2 |action3result=reviewed |action3oldid=60998277 |action4=PR |action4date=21:35, 10 December 2006 |action4link=Wikipedia:Peer review/George Washington/archive3 |action4result=reviewed |action4oldid=93339781 |action5=FAC |action5date=04:25, 3 February 2008 |action5link=Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/George Washington/archive1 |action5result=not promoted |action5oldid=188717688 |topic=History |gacat=hist figures |aciddate=August 27 2006 |currentstatus=GA }} {{WPBS |1={{USP-Article|class=GA|importance=High|nested=yes}} {{WikiProject United States presidential elections|class=GA|nested=yes}} {{WPMILHIST|class=GA|importance=Top|US-task-force=yes|ARW-task-force=yes|Biography=yes|portal1-name=American Revolutionary War|portal1-link=Selected biography/5|nested=yes}} {{WikiProject Virginia|class=GA|importance=high|nested=yes}} {{WPBiography|living=no|class=GA|priority=Top|core=yes|politician-work-group=yes|military-work-group=yes|past-collaboration=20 August – 24 September 2007|listas=Washington, George|nested=yes}} {{WP1.0|v0.5=pass|class=GA|importance=top|category=History|VA=yes|WPCD=yes|nested=yes}} {{Talk Spoken Wikipedia|George Washington part 1.ogg|nested=yes}} }} {{todo|collapsed=yes}} {{OnThisDay|date1=2004-04-30|oldid1=6718147|date2=2005-04-30|oldid2=16335171|date3=2006-04-30|oldid3=50688709|date4=2008-04-30|oldid4=209227671|date5=2009-04-30|oldid5=287029592}} {{archive box|auto=long}} ==Authors?== what is the name of the person who rote the story of george washington in this internet explorer please could you tell me because i am just a little girl from qsi (grade five)please just tell me don't be shy <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/151.95.192.83|151.95.192.83]] ([[User talk:151.95.192.83|talk]]) 08:38, 11 March 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> :Click on the "history" tab at the top of a page to see who helped write it. &mdash;[[User:Adavidb|ADavidB]] 11:11, 11 March 2009 (UTC) ==Possible Biological Child== It was known that Washington did not have children of his own, but claims have been made that he was the father of a mixed son named West Ford with a slave named Venus. After seeing a kind of documentary about it last night, I thought it would be interesting or atleast considerate to note this allegation. I have not found any information of this in his article, yet I have found information elsewhere. [[User:Redvans|Redvans]] ([[User talk:Redvans|talk]]) :Any information put here needs to be [[WP:V|verifiable]], not just claimed. With [[WP:RS|reliable sources]], info can be included. &mdash;[[User:Adavidb|ADavidB]] 11:03, 20 March 2009 (UTC) Some of West Ford's descendants claim Washington fathered Ford; the claim is dealth with in the book "Washington and the Slave Power." The problems with the theory are 1) West Ford was born during the Revolution, and his mother was actually owned by Washington's brother, so opportunities for Washington to conceive him were very limited; 2) Washington had no children with his wife, but apparently wanted to (he placed orders for various remedies for sterility to his London agent)--but his wife had two children by her first husband, making it likely Washington was indeed sterile; 3) there is no positive evidence in favor of the claim--Washington never really knew Ford, who was a young boy when he died, and never took any interest in him. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/99.147.247.146|99.147.247.146]] ([[User talk:99.147.247.146|talk]]) 22:30, 5 May 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> ==GW's Thanksgiving Proclamation== We should make reference to this proclamation in the article. This balances the debate a little more and is essential to understanding George Washington's true character more, since it expresses his thoughts, whether fake (merely to please the public) or real. Go here to see it http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/firsts/thanksgiving/thankstext.html --[[User:Comder|Comder]] ([[User talk:Comder|talk]]) 21:15, 19 March 2009 (UTC) ==traitor?== No mention is made that George Washington was known as, and still is, a traitor to the British Empire. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/87.194.7.253|87.194.7.253]] ([[User talk:87.194.7.253|talk]]) 11:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> :And we're proud of it. Screw the Brits. [[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] ^{''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''} [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]] 11:48, 2 April 2009 (UTC) :I guess there were hundreds of thousands of traitors then. ''If he still is'', then I guess there are hundreds of millions now. --[[User:The Founders Intent|<font color="green">'''''T<small>HE</small> F<small>OUNDERS</small> I<small>NTENT </small>'''''</font>]]^{[[User talk:The Founders Intent|''PRAISE'']]} 13:29, 2 April 2009 (UTC) ::Seems to me we signed a treaty with them after the Revolutionary War. That would presumably nullify any of this "traitor" nonsense. And oddly enough, I don't recall their complaining about our alleged treason when we were bailing them out in WWI and WWII. Must have slipped their minds. [[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] ^{''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''} [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]] 13:32, 2 April 2009 (UTC) :::It's a non-issue raise by an anonymous poster. --[[User:The Founders Intent|<font color="green">'''''T<small>HE</small> F<small>OUNDERS</small> I<small>NTENT </small>'''''</font>]]^{[[User talk:The Founders Intent|''PRAISE'']]} 13:37, 2 April 2009 (UTC) ::::Hence the term a-non-ymous. [[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] ^{''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''} [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]] 13:45, 2 April 2009 (UTC) :::::It's probably not a good idea to respond to anonymous trolling, with trolling of your own. [[User:Lord Cornwallis|Lord Cornwallis]] ([[User talk:Lord Cornwallis|talk]]) 23:55, 8 April 2009 (UTC) If you are all so bias about the British, maybe you should not be editing Wikipedia in articles that have even the slightest to do with History and the British peoples..--[[User:Gordonrox24|gordonrox24]] ([[User talk:Gordonrox24|talk]]) 23:54, 2 May 2009 (UTC) == New file [[:File:George Washington by Gilbert Stuart.jpg]] == [[File:George Washington by Gilbert Stuart.jpg|right|thumb]] Recently the file [[:File:George Washington by Gilbert Stuart.jpg]] (''right'') was uploaded and it appears to be relevant to this article and not currently used by it. If you're interested and think it would be a useful addition, please feel free to include it. [[User:Dcoetzee|Dcoetzee]] 11:32, 14 April 2009 (UTC) == "Greatest man in the world" == I removed the following from the intro of the article (referring to Washington retiring to Mt Vernon after the war): <blockquote>prompting an incredulous [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]] to state, "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."<ref>{{cite book|last=Wood|first=Gordon S.|authorlink=Gordon S. Wood|title=The Radicalism of the American Revolution|year=1991|publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]]|location=New York|isbn=0679736883|pages=206}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Boaz|first=David|title=The Man Who Would Not Be King|date=February 20, 2006|url=http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=5593|accessdate=2008-08-17}}</ref></blockquote> It's a great story, but there is no reliable source to support it. The Cato link is to a blog post. The Reliable Source, the Wood book, does not support the statement. According to [http://books.google.com/books?id=sq0J6x21rQcC&dq=The+Radicalism+of+the+American+Revolution&q=greatest+man+george+iii&pgis=1 Google Book Search], or Amazon's [http://www.amazon.com/reader/0679736883 Search Inside This Book] (the latter shows much more but requires a logon), Wood writes, <blockquote>King George III '''supposedly''' predicted that if Washington retired from public life and returned to his farm, "he will be the greatest man in the world." [emphasis is mine]</blockquote> Per Amazon (search for "George III" and look in the results that say "Backmatter"), his footnote attributes it to, <blockquote>Washington to New York Legislature, 26 June 1775, in Fitzpatrick, ed., ''Writings of Washington'', II, 305; Wills, Cincinnatus, 13.</blockquote> So our source qualifies it with "supposedly" and his source appears to be Washington himself. It doesn't seem to qualify for including in the article, unfortunately. [[User:Guanxi|Guanxi]] ([[User talk:Guanxi|talk]]) 00:21, 3 May 2009 (UTC)'