Daily Survival Guide

Today's Hero
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George Washington, the revolutionary leader and first president of the United States, died on this day in 1799. In 1775, Washington was nominated as the commander in chief of the Continental Army in America's war against British rule. In October of 1781, Washington accepted the surrender of General Charles Lord Cornwallis and the British army at Yorktown, Virginia. In February or 1789 he was unanimously elected president and then unanimously reelected in 1792. Four years later Washington refused a third term and retired to his Virginia estate, where he died at the age of 67.