George Washington Facts – 115 Interesting Facts About George Washington
George Washington Early Life
George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Virginia.
George Washington’s family in 1735 moved from his birthplace to a plantation called the Little Hunting Creek Plantation that was later called Mount Vernon.
George Washington’s father Augustine Washington was tobacco planter, a justice on the county court and he later became an iron miner.
George Washington’s father died when he was 11.
George Washington had 9 siblings.
A city is named after him in United States. It is called George, Washington.
George Washington started school when he was 6, and left it at 15 to become a surveyor as his mother couldn’t afford to send him to college.
Washington’s first trip outside of America was to Barbados with his older half-brother Lawrence, who was suffering from tuberculosis and hoped that the warm climate would help him recuperate.
Washington contracted smallpox after their arrival to Barbados. He survived it but left him with permanent scars on his face.
Washington after the death of Lawrence inherited his estate, Mount Vernon in Virginia.
