Before George Washington was the father of his country, or commander of the Continental Army in the Revolution, or even a fledgling officer in the British Army in 1754, he was just a struggling adolescent doing his homework in a six-room farmhouse along the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Here Are A Few Of George Washington's 'rules Of Civility' That Seem Relevant Today
By Fred Barbash The Washington Post WP Bloomberg, The Macomb Daily
Sat, 02/24/2018 - 1:22am
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