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George was originally born on February 11,1732. George grew up near Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a boy George never cut down a cherry tree that myth was created by: "Parson" Weems. George Washington was not what everyone made him out to be. A flawless man of integrity and compassion towards others, that’s what everyone thought and still most of us think today but it is just another myth about George. George Washington also was not educated …

…there were means better than self-interest, and causes greater than personal elevation. Over time, Washington's campaign for nationhood, rooted in the fundamental idea that men could be confided to govern themselves without the superintendency of an established church or divinely appointed monarch. That is why he was the man who would not be king. At his best, Washington hoped to illustrate by force of example that men could love their country no less than themselves.