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Quick facts and trivia: || - 2 step-children - John "Jackie" Parke Custis (1754 - 1781) and Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis (1756 - 1773) - 2 step-grandchildren - Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis and George Washington "Washy" Parke Custis ||
 * George Washington is an American hero whose fame is not wholly accounted for by the record of his life. Like Lincoln, the man was infinitely greater than anything he did. A military genius, he wrested liberty from tyranny; a statesman, he helped evolve a stable government from political chaos; a patriot, he refused a crown. Wisdom, patience, tolerance, courage, consecration to the righteous cause animated his every act. Ingratitude, injustice and treachery never embittered him, but served to strengthen his character. He grew in dignity and in capacity to the need of his growing responsibility and power, but he never became arrogant and ambition and opportunity never tempted him from the narrow path of honor.
 * Birthday: February 22, 1732 ||
 * Birthplace: Wakefield, Virginia ||
 * College or University: none ||
 * Religion: Episcopalian ||
 * Occupation or Profession: Planter, Surveyor, Military ||
 * Military Rank: General ||
 * Married: (January 6, 1759) Mrs. Martha Dandridge Custis ||
 * Children:
 * President number: First President of U.S. ||
 * Political Party: None (Washington opposed the idea of political parties) ||
 * Runner Up: none ||
 * Vice President: John Adams ||
 * Age at Inauguration: 57 ||
 * Served: 1789-1797 ||
 * Number of terms: 2 ||
 * Other Offices or Commissions: President of Constitutional Convention, Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief of new United States Army ||
 * Died: December 14, 1799 ||
 * Age at Death: 67 ||
 * Place of Burial: Mount Vernon, Virginia ||
 * Only President to be elected unanimously ||
 * Only President inaugurated in 2 cities - New York and Philadelphia ||
 * Only President that did not live in the White House. He was involved in the planning of the Capitol. ||
 * Washington did his own bookkeeping and recorded every penny of expense or profit. His ledgers still exist today. ||
 * There were 13 stars on the United States flag when Washington became President in 1789. ||
 * Five states were added to the Union during Washington's presidency - North Carolina (1789), Rhode Island (1790), Vermont (1791), Kentucky (1792), and Tennessee (1796). ||

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 * [[image:http://www.apples4theteacher.com/images/abe-lincoln-portrait-icon.gif width="39" height="50" align="left" caption="Abraham Lincoln Games and Activties" link="http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/presidents-day/abraham-lincoln/"]] =**Abraham Lincoln Facts and Trivia** = ||
 * Birthday: February 12, 1809 ||
 * Birthplace: Hardin County, Kentucky ||
 * College or University: none ||
 * Religion: Presbyterian (never joined any church) ||
 * Occupation or Profession: Clerk, Store Owner, Military, Lawyer ||
 * Military Rank: Captain ||
 * Married: (November 4, 1842) Mary Todd ||
 * Children: Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln. Three sons predeceased Abraham. ||
 * President number: 16 ||
 * Political Party: Republican ||
 * Runner Up: Stephen A. Douglas - George B. McClellan ||
 * Vice President: Hannibal Hamlin - Andrew Johnson ||
 * Age at Inauguration: 52 ||
 * Served: 1861-1865 ||
 * Number of terms : 2 ||
 * Other Offices or Commissions: House of Representatives (Illinois - 1847-1849), State Legislature (Illinois 1834-1842), Postmaster of New Salem, Illinois ||
 * Died: April 15, 1865 ||
 * Age at Death: 56 ||
 * Place of Burial: Springfield, Illinois ||

THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS  Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from this earth. ||
 * =**Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, given November 19, 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA** = ||
 * || Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.