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fl‘fi‘afl' , it the use or 16 he was s good sur- veyor and at]! he was Adjutant of one of the Virginie militia districts, with the rent of major. At the ego of 31 he wss selected by Gov. Dinwlddie or, Virginie se s “person of dietinctiou,” under orders of the Britleh government. to de- mand in explnnstlon of the French. . who were forming settlements 1n the northweet end in theme-ileum! volley. At the ego of :3 he was commie- eioued es colonel in the British army. end from that time. when he s"eoldier d the king" he become distinguished on the field. until he took leue‘ of me ofllcere on, November 38, 1188, otter having overthrown e 1-0er 1- 2W4m6193.,_ uu' “xk‘fivéfi‘fmw that factor in the attain of the new country. A: an an. Wuhlunon wrote the «out words to [Layette he had no 3. am ha. would he owed :- incident of the republic. the Hv vmh thou tranquil enjoyment: of which the Ioldlor who in om In put: M! of (mm, the lute-mun . nnd tho court“: . . . can have little con- Endlnl In ountl'ul and luccentul military career. he retired to M! homo It Mount Vernon, Va; from which phco In 1784‘he wrote to L1- hyotto: “l hove become 3 private emu: on the blah of the -Potomac. and under thanha’dow of my own vino undutroqmofromthebutloot tho mp. . I an niacin: myult George Washington wuk born on the hunk: of the" Potomac, In West- .m§l!ndms:ounty. Virginia, Von NH: .1132. 1782. ' Wéodlm Mamba. Wutmoroland Go unty, VII-91ml, On. a! Wuhlnmon'l Earllon Home» Volume 21 The One Hundred and SeVenty-Sixth‘ Anniversary a; ‘mackinnfnn’c Rivas Christ church, Alexandr“. V3; {'1' um mou cont-0d. wu commend Ind delivered over to the vutry on lab- ruu-y I7, 1773, an con cuon Inv- lni been begun Jam 1. 787. Col. VII-Mum. van on. ,of the first «I- trym of tho church. Ind on an mWW‘Er. rfia‘mfiimi‘lfift fir [fir Heart: or‘ Jim Countrymen," u ghlleled on the name which Itgndn on the plan at the out or the up: Ito]. " The union] government, ‘in 'coii- junction with the states. has under- taken to'ao honor to his memory by making hie birthday 3 national, holi- day Ind by ei‘ecti'ng monuments of mnrble pointing ekyward, .but the grandest and most expressive tribute in lembraggg ’E Elle, Vigtteginx: "mm. Washington was a fiery enthulm- tio Mason, and, was Identified with the lodge In Alenndrh, Va” which Wu chartered In 1783 under tpe Pout-7|- vmh Jurisdiction. out In 1783 it was recharteted or the. Alexandrlor Wuhlnnon lodge, No. 82. ond Wuh' lnnon} wu named an worship“! m- ter In thh chm-tor. Wuhington served his country up it. flat chief executive for a period of eight yearsâ€"two termsâ€"and de- clined a. third term. No other presi- dent mince Washington has enjoyed that distinction. ' ” ‘ ’ in; reaiity or which fie had crentod. But 30,, and on the, gm, day 01:19:11. 1789, having been elected on tho 6th day of the same month, he took the oath of once in New York city, buying journeyed to that plug from Mount Vernon in his private carriage. ‘ HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 22", 1903 The church was eonsecruted by 0! ti mahop Clasgett of Maryland on June that: 14. 1814. Thls‘mcienc and historic lble edifice in sun uaed u a place of we‘r- rent Ihlp. It is keppppen every week day, nu um 1: annually fluted by thounndu. unto all mission I” I: changed I 9%? 4 “ of 3511'”!!!ch of keeping it open to the public. In Now the rut ot and on the south I”. it want: We In so mustemed to picture- of George Washington in n rigid“ atti- tude; with ' mmly compressed lip! and [many forbidding expression. that we forget he in ever young and a. hmn being of flesh und blood like the mt of us. ' . 0n the ”but run. under the In} con and to thér right of the pulpit; is I mum-m it)“: :11qu to an memory of Gen. Washington. . day that it was turned over by the builder: he purchased pew No. 5 for the gum of £36 10 innings. agree- ln; also to pay an mnual rental of £5 for the lame. . III oldlmrlnl mund, nd‘ can. very old tablets. cumulus um construc- tion 0! the church. as wn canal“. and m in a renal-hills Into 0! pro.- mhtlon. ~ ~ Tho mum new. with open door, on the right of 11:9 pulpit Ind under the Nanny. in now No. 5. which was 9c- cuplod by 001. Washington when nt- tandlnz service- therc until the due vex- plato, hem-lug his aytograph. ‘1- on the top or the pew (door. Orig- lnully am the paid In .the church were built In t square term, but later, with the exception of tho Wuhington pow, were changed u) the mummy .1:er of contraction. THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF GEORGE WASHINGIW ery week day, ‘ It. was also In this house thntthe by thousands. uhmttunate expedition again-t hart - Chasm f ammunwu arr ,» ~ " he bubllp. In New York. North Carmina, squth IMO II vault. and ylrginl‘n. 13 175i. 1!!!th of being a‘ com-blooded prlg Wuhlngton mil magnetic 111- psi- maintain. neat mm Ig'vomo: He in: the finest houseman ‘ in Vir- 51m. an exceedingly graceful dancer and I. dandy In males, gold lace, v0!- vat. silk mama ' cud diamond .. -........°.u.. Juan vvu gnu W lion In 1755. as a colonel In the Brit“! army. from Gen. Braddock, ll; £319 Gu- lyle house, at" Alexandra. Va, . Th1; house was erected In 11732 1:1.»th Carlyle on the brow of a hill, on “I base root: on an'old tort built}; 101: by Capt. John Smith on 0119' 0,!» W 0!? onion. when he osmoup mm use to trade with the lodeOflg- lually the-house wu reached >511!!an night of atone steps from o mammal lawu reachln; to Faith: streetynnd adorned by 16 Lombardy poplar: or- nnged in (our parallel rm. Tho poplars and law have long sine! diam appeared, and long ranges or room of the present Braddock houu occupy their site, and the houoe In only “via- lble to the public from the when! or reu- Ilde. ‘ ' A similar tablet. pimd to than..- ory of GP“ Robert E. Leo; W918! similar we on the wall to sum of the pulpit. Gen. Lee was I Valery- mm of the church at the continue.- ment 0! the civil, war, and .tho‘no' occupied by him in acron the , able from land a ‘lime Vto' the '1'»: 9! the Wasiflngtgn pew. Thin pew is indi- cated by 3 silver plate showing NI Number 8 "'53 5‘