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Washington's Farewell Address [1] is a letter written by President George Washington as a valedictory to "friends and fellow-citizens" after 20 years of public service to the United States. [2] He wrote it near the end of the second term of his presidency before retiring to his home at Mount Vernon in Virginia.
George Washington used a passage in his farewell address to defend his foreign policy toward France. By 1796, the end of George Washington's eighth year as US President, the United States had a dire strategic position.
A week after British troops had evacuated New York on November 25, 1783, the tavern hosted an elaborate "turtle feast" dinner, on December 4, 1783, in the building's Long Room for U.S. Gen. George Washington during which he bade farewell to his officers of the Continental Army by saying "[w]ith a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take ...
Washington’s America, much like today, was a nation divided by regional differences and sectional interests. Opinion: George Washington’s Farewell Address provides stark warning for Americans ...
George Washington's Farewell Address; J. Joe Biden's farewell address; O. Barack Obama's farewell address This page was last edited on 10 January 2025, at 20:13 (UTC) ...
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The segment in which Washington sings along as Hamilton reads the text of the Farewell Address was inspired by will.i.am's song "Yes We Can", in which performers sing along to a speech by Barack Obama. [2] In December 2018, Miranda released a remix version of the song featuring Obama as a guest performer reciting the extracts of the farewell ...
Later, in describing his painting, General George Washington Resigning His Commission, Trumbull considered Washington's resignation "one of the highest moral lessons ever given to the world". [14] The historian Thomas Fleming described the significance of the event: [15] This was – is – the most important moment in American history.