George Washington

George Washington (HM1OGU)

Location: Keystone, SD 57751 Pennington County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 52.718', W 103° 27.441'

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1st President

— 1789-1797 —

Born: February 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Virginia
Married: Martha Danbridge Curtis, (1732-1802), January 6, 1759
Children: John and Martha Curtis (adopted)
Died: December 14, 1799, at Mount Vernon, Virginia
Education: No formal education
Occupation: Planter, soldier
Political Party: Federalist
Career Highlights: · Officer in the French and Indian War; · Commander in Chief, Continental Army, American Revolution; · President, Constitutional Convention
National Highlights: · The first tax laws adopted; · The Bill of Rights became law
"To draw such a line for the conduct of the President as will please every body, I know is impossible..." - Letter to James Madison, May 12, 1789
"Time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of government, as of other human institutions;...Liberty itself will find in such a government, wit powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian." - Farewell Address, September 17, 1796.
Gutzon Borglum, Sculptor of Mount Rushmore:
"This is the work that I love most, this intimate contact with the four men. As I become engrossed in the features and personality of each man, I feel myself growing in stature, just as they did when their characters grew and developed." - New York Times Magazine, August 25, 1940
"Washington, as the guiding genius from the time of our national conception, through its struggle for life and the completion of its Constitution, becomes the central part of the great group." - New York Herald Tribune, June 30, 1929
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Placed ByNational Endowment for the Humanities and South Dakota Humanities Council
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Date Added Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 at 9:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)13T E 623933 N 4859549
Decimal Degrees43.87863333, -103.45735000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 52.718', W 103° 27.441'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 52' 43.08" N, 103° 27' 26.46" W
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Area Code(s)605
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Presidential Trail, Keystone SD 57751, US
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