It was the writings of Thomas Paine that General Washington ordered his men to read before crossing the Delaware.
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In 1776, General Washington's American troops defeated a Hessian force fighting for the British at the battle of Trenton, New Jersey.
Another time a descendant of a high ranking Revolutionary War general sent me their family treasure, also a letter from General Washington, only to find out that someone a century earlier had copied the original onto laid paper, the very kind of paper that Washington had used (shown below).
In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to General George Washington's troops in New York.
The National Association of Attorneys General in Washington, which enforces the settlement, can't point to any specific standard in the 88-page agreement.
The American Revolutionary Army under General George Washington shivered at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78, and New York harbor was frozen in the winter of 1780.
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Washington general manager Mike Rizzo attached a patch to a lapel on his pinstriped charcoal suit.
Meanwhile, in Washington General David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, spoke with reporters this morning.
One could also assume that the recommendation of this commission will fade into the general din of Washington babble, like those of so many other similar advisory Commissions.
Paulson, an Illinois native, also served as a lobbyist for the Illinois General Assembly's Washington office, working with the Illinois congressional delegation.
There is broadly two schools of thought - like there is in the general public and in Washington -within the military about how to proceed in Iraq.
Washington Redskins general manager Bruce Allen says it was pivotal to cut up film during summer breaks for his father, legendary NFL coach George Allen, or to attend every practice he could from the time he could drive.
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"The firefighters who responded today were performing a selfless, meaningful service to their community, unaware that a cold-hearted maniac was planning to ambush them and take their lives, " said Harold Schaitberger, general president of the Washington-based International Association of Fire Fighters.
Charley Casserly, the former general manager of the Washington Redskins, said that despite widespread claims that informal bounty arrangements have existed in the league for decades, he never had any direct knowledge of their existence at any of his teams or at other teams in the league.
Washington Attorney General Robert McKenna, cochairman of NAAG's Tobacco Committee, told the audience how an army of lawyers at NAAG and state AG offices keeps tabs on the tobacco industry, from monitoring sales to stepping in to halt taboo marketing tactics such as running cartoon ads in Rolling Stone.
Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna is calling for federal food regulators to ban the beverages.
The indictment was announced Friday by Attorney General John Ashcroft at a Washington news conference.
Finally, at a House panel in Washington today, General Motors and Chrysler executives stood by their decisions to close a number of dealerships.
Kelly's win all but assures she will sail through the April 9 general election and head to Washington, because the Chicago-area district is overwhelmingly Democratic.
The nomination all but assures that Kelly will sail through the April 9 general election and head to Washington, because the Chicago-area district is overwhelmingly Democratic.
Mahmud Durrani, a former Pakistani general and a past ambassador to Washington during the era of strongman Pervez Musharraf, backs up the charge.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Washington and will discuss the diplomatic, legal and other actions needed to put a stop to violence against civilians in Libya.
The U.S. economy is suffering because of a combination of historic deleveraging, lackluster support from fiscal policy makers in Washington, and a general, yet pervasive, lack of business confidence.
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Journalists are also much more likely than Americans in general to live in New York or Washington.
General Mahmud Ali Durrani, ambassador to Washington until 2008, thinks the problem is that neither side speaks frankly.
The Secretary General visited the headquarters of CAIR in Washington DC and held a meeting with the leadership of the Council.
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And as General Director of Los Angeles Opera and Washington National Opera, he is a major force as an opera administrator.
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Others who have been on the selling side of Strypes include the families of Dollar General Chief Cal Turner Jr. and Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder.
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