 | Christian Liberty Press, Geoffrey Parsons - 2007 - 196 pages
...statesman, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, first president of these United States of America. "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen. " Hero of the 1755 Battle of Monogahela (French & Indian Wars), George Washington served in the historic... | |
 | James R. Dowling - 1995 - 206 pages
...certain Unalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of [happiness]." 5. Washington: "First in war, first in peace, First in the hearts of his [countrymen]." 6. "'Shoot if you must this old gray head, But spare your country's flag!' she [said]." 7. "From the... | |
 | William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - 868 pages
...father was the Revolutionary War hero, "Light-Horse Harry" Lee, whoauthored the famous epitaph of George Washington, "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen."] William J. Johnson, George Washington - Tlie Christian (St. Paul, MN: William J Johnson, Merriam Park,... | |
 | Marc J. Seifer - 1996 - 578 pages
...interpreting FDR as having a "messianic complex" and Hitler as "a dynamic genius, and a poet of passion ... first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his country-men." Viereck was arrested and indicted on two counts of seditious conspiracy. It was quickly established... | |
 | David Lowenthal - 1998 - 362 pages
...first-comers Darwin, Bell, and Ford alone got the kudos. Metaphors of priority pervade patriotic maxims. "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen" was Washington's archetypal accolade. Where you originally come from, says Oliver Goldsmith's The Traveller... | |
 | Jean Edward Smith - 1998 - 788 pages
...of words he paid tribute to Washington's service to the nation, concluding with the famous refrain: First in war, First in peace, First in the hearts of his countrymen.122 *Washington died of acute tonsillitis at Mount Vernon during the evening of December... | |
 | Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine), Germaine de Staël - 386 pages
...announcing the death of Washington: It has pleased Divine Providence to remove from our midst this man, first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen.™ Does not this turning toward Providence show us that in this enlightened country no ridicule is hurled... | |
 | Pete Seeger, Paul Du Bois Jacobs - 2001 - 290 pages
...dedicated to America's fledgling democracy than to making himse!/a king. This is why he was so loved. "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen. " How many times in history has a general overthrown the establishment and then refused to assume absolute... | |
 | Doug Worgul - 2001 - 144 pages
...and then, perhaps, he felt the need for repentance. There's a phrase often used to describe George Washington; "First in war. First in peace. First in the hearts of his countrymen." Seems he was also first in line at the barbecue table. Perhaps when, as a lad, he chopped down his... | |
 | Joseph R. McElrath, Jr., Robert C. Leitz, Jesse S. Crisler - 2001 - 644 pages
...father of Robert E. Lee, said in his eulogy on Washington, 26 December 1799, "To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." In the typescript Chesnutt did not supply Lee's name; instead, he left a blank space between "as" and... | |
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First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799. 
