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George Washington was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army, Washington led the Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War and served as the president of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which created the Constitution of the United States and the American federal government. Washington has been called the "Father of the Nation" for his manifold leadership in the formative days of the country.

James Monroe was born on 28 April 1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA. He was a writer. He was married to Elizabeth Kortright. He died on 4 July 1831 in New York City, New York, USA.

Walter Balderson was born on 19 September 1926 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA. He was an editor, known for NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976), True Story (1957) and The Huntley-Brinkley Report (1956). He died on 29 July 2023 in Clearwater, Florida, USA.