George Washington Biographical Plaque, Washington Square - Washington, IL
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This plaque relates both the life of George Washington and how the present city of Washington was founded then named after the nation's first US President.
Waymark Code: WMJ7AY
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/05/2013
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In Washington, a city east of Peoria, is a plaque on the green at the city's center that is about George Washington, whom the city is named after.
The plaque is locatied on a bell mounted pillar of brick on the south side of the green. There are several plaques on this pillar, including one for George Washington.
The plaque has the following text:
"[Embossed image of George Washington]
George Washington
1732-1799
First President of the United States of America, served from 1798 to 1797 and was the dominant military and political leader of the United States from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of the Constitution in 1787. Washington is universally regarded as the "Father of his country."
The first settlement in the town of Washington, or its vicinity, was made in the spring of 1825, by William H. Holland and was called Holland's Grove. In 1838, he changed the name to Washington after the founder of our country."
Washington, today, is a suburb of Peoria and has over 15,000 residents as of the 2010 census.
Location:
Washington Square, junction of Main Street, Peoria Road and Eureka Street
Washington, IL United States of America
61571
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