George Washingtons Presidency

To be the first is very difficult. There is no one you can follow and there is no one to show you how to avoid mistakes of the past. The icon of the American Revolution, George Washington, was the first president in the land of dreams. Was he an exceptional, or a mediocre, president? Washington's destiny made him to be first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen. He was celebrated in his lifetime and nearly canonized by subsequent generations. But in fact, he was a mediocre president that was a good man. I made such an evaluation of George Washington as a Preside…