George+Washington,+The+Leader+of+Our+Time

The leader of our time By: Tristan Hazlett
 * __ George Washington __**

G eorge Washington is being called “The Father of our Country” as well as “The Leader of our time”. Why you ask? Because when he stepped up to be the commander of the Continental Army, everyone knew he meant business.. He also accomplished other great things such as his central role in founding the United States, and he was devoted to republicanism and civic virtue. He was often referred to as: First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in humble and enduring scenes of private life. He is also considered at the most important of the founding fathers.

Being the commander of the Continental Army was not an easy task. You had to be precise, always on the look out, a good leader, and you have to be prepared and ready to fight and know what to do at any given moment and that describes Washington as a commander. He has lead our army to many different victories at many battles. Without him, who knows where our country would be now.

Washington wasn’t just considered a military and revolutionary hero, but a man of great personal integrity, with a deeply held sense of duty, honor and patriotism. He he is being upheld as a shining example in schoolbooks and lessons: as courageous and farsighted, holding the Continental Army together through eight hard years of war and numerous privations, sometimes by sheer force of will.

One thing that remains amazing is that Washington refrained from taking more power than he should. He is considered more as a Character Model than a War Hero – which in my opinion is better. As Thomas Jefferson says about his dear friend: "The moderation and virtue of a single character probably prevented this Revolution from being closed, as most others have been, by a subversion of that liberty it was intended to establish." [|[]

I believe we owe a big thanks to Washington because he helped us win the Revolutionary war and gain freedom from Britain, to become our own separate nation.