Washington's Birthday

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Editor

Schauffler, Robert Haven, 1879-1964

Title

Washington's Birthday : its history, observance, spirit, and significance as related in prose and verse, with a selection from Washington's speeches and writings

Credits

E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Charlene Taylor, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) in commemoration of Washington's Birthday, February 22, 2005

Language

English

LoC Class

E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Subject

Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Anniversaries, etc.

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15140

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15140

Release Date

February 22, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Charlene Taylor, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) in commemoration of Washington's Birthday, February 22, 2005 — Our American Holidays — WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY — ITS HISTORY, OBSERVANCE, SPIRIT, AND SIGNIFICANCE AS RELATED IN PROSE AND VERSE, WITH A SELECTION FROM WASHINGTON'S SPEECHES AND WRITINGS — ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER — PREFACE — CONTENTS — INTRODUCTION ToC — FOOTNOTES:
2. 2.I ToC — THE DAY — WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY [6] ToC — BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES — FOOTNOTES: — WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY ToC — BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER — THE BIRTHDAY OF WASHINGTON ToC — ANONYMOUS — WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY ToC — BY GEORGE HOWLAND — WASHINGTON AND OUR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ToC — BY CHARLES W. ELIOT — CROWN OUR WASHINGTON ToC — BY HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH — WASHINGTON-MONTH [7] — BY WILL CARLETON — FOOTNOTES:
3. 3.EARLY YEARS — A GLIMPSE OF WASHINGTON'S BIRTHPLACE — BY GRACE B. JOHNSON — From The Christian Endeavor World — SOMETHING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BOYHOOD ToC — ANONYMOUS — From The Evangelist — WASHINGTON'S TRAINING ToC — BY CHARLES WENTWORTH UPHAM — WASHINGTON AS HE LOOKED ToC — From The Christian Endeavor World
4. 4.THE GENERAL — WASHINGTON IS APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF [8] — BY SYDNEY GEORGE FISHER — FOOTNOTES: — WASHINGTON AT TRENTON [10] ToC — The Battle Monument, October 19, 1893 — BY RICHARD WATSON GILDER — FOOTNOTES: — GEORGE WASHINGTON ToC — From " Washington and the Generals of the Revolution " — VALLEY FORGE ToC — BY HENRY ARMITT BROWN — From Centennial Address delivered at Valley Forge, June 19, 1878 — WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE ToC — BY CANON R.G. SUTHERLAND — A FRENCHMAN'S ESTIMATE OF WASHINGTON IN 1781 ToC — BY CLAUDE C. ROBIN — From Magazine of American History .
5. 5.THE PRESIDENT — WASHINGTON AND THE CONSTITUTION ToC — BY JOHN M. HARLAN — WASHINGTON'S ADMINISTRATION [11] —1789-1797 ToC — BY EDWARD S. ELLIS — FOOTNOTES: — WASHINGTON ToC — BY MARY WINGATE — WASHINGTON'S INAUGURATION [12] ToC — BY EDWARD EVERETT HALE — FOOTNOTES: — WASHINGTONIANA ToC — Extracts from the Contemporary Newspapers and other Accounts of the Inauguration of our First President in 1789 — FOOTNOTES: — LESSONS FROM THE WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL ToC — BY GEORGE A. GORDON — PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S RECEPTIONS ToC — BY WILLIAM SULLIVAN — THE FOREIGN POLICY OF WASHINGTON ToC — BY CHARLES JAMES FOX
6. 6.LAST DAYS — GEORGE WASHINGTON [16] ToC — BY HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE — FOOTNOTES: — WASHINGTON'S LAST DAYS [17] ToC — BY ELIZABETH EGGLESTON SEELYE — FOOTNOTES: — THE MOUNT VERNON TRIBUTE [18] ToC — FOOTNOTES: — THE WORDS OF WASHINGTON ToC — BY DANIEL WEBSTER — Delivered at the laying of the cornerstone of the new wing of the Capitol at Washington, July 4, 1851
7. 7.TRIBUTES — MEMORIALS OF WASHINGTON [19] ToC — BY HENRY B. CARRINGTON — FOOTNOTES: — FROM THE "COMMEMORATION ODE" ToC — World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, October 21, 1892 — BY HARRIET MONROE — WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON'S STATUE ToC — BY HENRY THEODORE TUCKERMAN — TRIBUTES ToC — WASHINGTON'S NAME IN THE HALL OF FAME ToC — BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER — ESTIMATES OF WASHINGTON ToC — WASHINGTON'S RELIGIOUS CHARACTER ToC — BY WILLIAM M'KINLEY — In an Address, February 22, 1898 — WASHINGTON ToC — ANONYMOUS
8. 8.WASHINGTON'S PLACE IN HISTORY — THE HIGHEST PEDESTAL ToC — BY WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE — WASHINGTON IN HISTORY ToC — BY CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW — TO THE SHADE OF WASHINGTON ToC — BY RICHARD ALSOP — THE MAJESTIC EMINENCE OF WASHINGTON ToC — BY CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW — In an Address, February 22, 1888 — FOR A LITTLE PUPIL ToC — ANONYMOUS — WASHINGTON'S FAME ToC — BY ASHER ROBBINS — WASHINGTON ToC — The Brightest Name on History's Page — BY ELIZA COOK — WASHINGTON, THE PATRIOT ToC
9. 9.THE WHOLE MAN — GEORGE WASHINGTON ToC — BY JOHN HALL INGHAM — HISTORICAL MEMORABILIA OF WASHINGTON ToC — COMPILED BY H.B. CARRINGTON — A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF WASHINGTON [20] ToC — BY HENRY MITCHELL MACCRACKEN — FOOTNOTES: — THE CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON ToC — BY DANIEL WEBSTER — FOOTNOTES: — MOUNT VERNON, THE HOME OF WASHINGTON ToC — BY WILLIAM DAY — THE UNSELFISHNESS OF WASHINGTON ToC — BY ROBERT TREAT PAINE — THE GENIUS OF WASHINGTON [24] ToC — BY EDWIN P. WHIPPLE — FOOTNOTES: — WASHINGTON'S SERVICE TO EDUCATION ToC — BY CHARLES W.E. CHAPIN — ADDRESS AT THE DEDICATION OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT ToC — BY JOHN W. DANIEL — THE CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON ToC — BY HENRY CABOT LODGE
10. 10.ANECDOTES AND STORIES — ANECDOTES OF WASHINGTON ToC — THE ABUSE OF WASHINGTON ToC — BY THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON — PROVIDENTIAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON ToC — BY IRVING ALLEN — CHARACTERISTICS OF WASHINGTON ToC — Von Braam and Washington — GREAT GEORGE WASHINGTON [25] ToC — BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN AND NORA A. SMITH — FOOTNOTES: — HEADQUARTERS IN 1776 [26] ToC — BY PAUL LEICESTER FORD — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.SELECTIONS FROM WASHINGTON'S SPEECHES AND WRITINGS — SELECTIONS FROM THE RULES OF CIVILITY ToC — SAID BY WASHINGTON ToC — WASHINGTON BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, AUGUST, 1776 ToC — FROM VARIOUS LETTERS, SPEECHES, AND ADDRESSES ToC — WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL TO THE ARMY ToC — PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S RESPONSE TO THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON RECEIPT OF THE COLORS OF FRANCE, 1769 ToC — WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS ToC
12. 12.EXERCISES — DECORATIONS FOR WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY EXERCISES ToC — SOME YEARS IN WASHINGTON'S LIFE ToC — BY M. LIZZIE STANLEY — SOMETHING BETTER ToC — BY CLARA J. DENTON — THE STATES CROWNING WASHINGTON ToC — BY KATE BOWLES SHERWOOD — THE NEW GEORGE WASHINGTON ToC — ANONYMOUS — IN PRAISE OF WASHINGTON ToC

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