George Washington Life Size Standups, Cardboards, Cutouts
American President George Washington Lifesize Cardboard Standups (Cutouts)
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George Washington was born on the family estate in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1732.
In 1753 George had his first military experience in a foray against the French and Indians in the Ohio country. At Great Meadows, he built Fort Necessity, but was forced to retreat when French pressure mounted. After his participation in the unsuccessful attack on Fort Duquesne led by General Braddock ( 1755), he served as commander of the Virginia forces on the western frontier for two years. Experience, not theory, was the basis of his insight and leadership.
When still a youth, Washington's countrymen marked him for greatness. In a 1755 sermon Samuel Davies, later president of Princeton, talked of "that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner, for some important service to his country."
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