Lord of the Flies

The Life and Times of George Washington

George Washington was an amazing man. He was born February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia and died December 14, 1799 in Mount Vernon, Virginia. He had been the underdog so many times, but he rose to the challenge with pride, thoughts and guts. George was in the army as a captain/commander, then a General, finally, he was the very first president of the United States of America.

George Washington when he was in the Army

Virginia’s governor, Robert Dinwiddie, whom wanted Washington to be in charge of an expedition to guard a British Fort, at the forks of the Ohio, Which now at the present of Pittsburgh, put George Washington in command.
While in charge he found out that the French fired their builders, who were finishing Fort Duqueshe. (http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/01pwash.html pg. 4) Washington ambushed a French Detachments. He killed 10 men and upon those men, Joseph Couler de Villirs, sieur de J...