George Washington

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George Washington

• The face of George Washington isnt just a
  portrait of a particular person. It has come to
  represent much more.

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• What are your feelings about
• George Washington?
• How much do you know about this man who is one of
  our greatest patriots?
• Is what you know about him merely popular myth
  about this famous personality?
• If you read something about him, you might find
  that hes less than or perhaps even greater than
  the myth.

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• George Washington has been the subject of
  countless works of art for over 200 years.
• What has his face come to symbolize?

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• Washington was never comfortable having his
  portrait painted.
• Gilbert Stuart and Charles Wilson Peale painted
  the earliest portraits of Washington.

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His face has come to symbolize patriotism and our
heritage of democracy.