George Washington's Downfall

Do you think a president could be so old that he lost all of his teeth? Do you think that a president could go into battle and still be alive? Well, George Washington had been through all of that. He did received some battle wounds. He even had the guts to take down his father’s prized cherry tree. George Washington was born February 22, 1732 in Virginia. His family were farmers. At the age of sixteen, George Washington worked as a surveyor for Lord Fairfax. “In July, 1752, George Washington's brother, Lawrence, died of tuberculosis making him the heir apparent of the Washington lands”(biography.com). George had 8000 acres of land. He married Martha Dandridge shortly before the revolutionary war. In 1754 George Washington was lieutenant