Today is George Washington's birthday, 2/22/2010. Whats more interesting is that (unintentionally) we happen to be doing speeches on the first three presidents at this time.
I'm (Caleb) on Thomas Jefferson, Emma is on John Adams, and Colin's on George.
Despite the fact that I am speaking on Jefferson, I will lay down some facts about George Washington. George was an interesting man, aside from normal things such as having several pairs of false teeth (made of materials such as deer antlers,hippo,and elephant teeth), having a dog(named "Sweet Lips"), and owning land at age eighteen(15,000 acres).
Aside from the normal things Washington was a farmer before he became an army general and then first President of the United States of America. Tobacco was a major crop then, but it sucked all the nutrients out of the ground, so George as a farmer liked to experiment with crop rotation and fertilizer, and also was the first to breed a horse and donkey together to make a mule.
Yes George Washington was a interesting man and great president.
-Caleb
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