 | Danny O. Crew - 2001 - 824 Seiten
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 | Doug Worgul - 2001 - 144 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Reiss - 2001 - 300 Seiten
...progress of our government — she is the sole remaining tie of mortality which connects us to him who was 'first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen' — and as such, we should protect and honor her, and not suffer her to be kept for a show, like a... | |
 | Burton Egbert Stevenson - 2001 - 416 Seiten
...appointed by Congress to deliver an address in commemoration of Washington, uttered the famous phrase, "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." His son, Robert Edward Lee, was destined to become perhaps the greatest general in our history. So... | |
 | David McCullough - 2001 - 883 Seiten
...Representative Henry Lee of Virginia — General "Light-Horse Harry" Lee — who extolled Washington as "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." When the service ended after four and a half hours, several hundred people crowded into the President's... | |
 | Joseph R. McElrath, Jr., Robert C. Leitz, Jesse S. Crisler - 2001 - 644 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Jan Pons Vermeer - 2002 - 180 Seiten
...the newspaper served, the president was generally likely to be the topic of discussion in editorials. "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was said of George Washington. To that can be added, for President Clinton in 1994, "first in editorial... | |
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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. 
