Robert Watson- George Washington’s Final Battle The Epic Struggle to Build a Capital City and a Nation
George Washington is well known for leading the Continental Army to victory and governing the nascent nation as it was getting off the ground, but few know the story of his involvement in a debate that nearly tore us apart: the establishment of a capital city.
In George Washington’s Final Battle, historian Robert Watson argues that we owe the existence of our nation’s capital in large part to the tireless work and political acumen of George Washington. Washington believed firmly in the importance of having a federal city as capital—rather than a city within a state such as Philadelphia or New…
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