 | Stephen E. Ambrose - 2002 - 289 Seiten
...can do it," as an integral part of the American spirit. He was indispensable, in war and in peace, "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." Abigail Adams, again, so insightful in her descriptions of this or that Founding Father, quoted John... | |
 | Lon Cantor - 2003 - 244 Seiten
...our Founding Fathers, a close friend of George Washington. It was he who coined the phrase describing Washington: "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." After the Revolution Harry Lee became a governor and a congressman, but he had no head for money. He... | |
 | Cyrus Adler - 2003 - 424 Seiten
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 | Let's Go Inc. - 2003 - 448 Seiten
...York newspaper with Harry Lee's eulogy of George Washington, in which he used « the famous phrase "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen" to describe the president. A 200-year-old magnolia tree is a fitting centerpiece of the large garden... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 2003 - 642 Seiten
...did not follow in the footsteps of Caesar and Cromwell. He remained to the end a resolute republican, "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." Webster, Noah (1758-1843), American lawyer, lexicographer, and schoolteacher. He wrote a spelling book,... | |
 | Bryan-Paul Frost, Jeffrey Sikkenga - 2003 - 852 Seiten
...controversies in the 1790s."9 Upon his death, the resolutions in the House of Representatives declaring him "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen" were moved by a Federalist, John Marshall, but drafted by a Federalist and a Democratic-Republican,... | |
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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. 
