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Reflections of History

February 22nd: George Washington Is Born

Reflections of History

Audacy Podcasts | Shining City Audio

Society & Culture, History

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Shining City Audio, a John Meacham and C-13 original studio.

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February 22, 1732, George Washington is born.

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I'm John Meacham and this is Reflections of History.

0:31.0

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Here remains with Lincoln, one of the two most dominant figures

1:09.0

in American memory.

1:11.0

George Washington at once embodied and transcended politics.

1:14.0

He is a man of myth and of reality

1:17.0

and is the real Washington who can teach us the most.

1:22.0

Here is Thomas Jefferson's assessment of a man he revered

1:25.0

but with whom he had profound disagreements

1:28.0

and assessment written in 1814 that bears were calling.

1:34.0

Washington's mind was great and powerful

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