To George Washington On His Birthday

Happy Birthday Mr. President!

 General George Washington 

February 22, 1732-December 14, 1799

American Statesman and Soldier

First President of the United States of America

Crown Our Washington

Arise-'Tis the day of our Washington's glory,

The garlands uplift for our liberties won;

Forever let Youth tell the patriot's story,

Whose sword swept for freedom the fields of the sun!

Not with gold, nor with gems,

But with evergreens vernal,

And the banners of stars that the continent span,

Crown, crown we the chief of the heroes eternal,

Who lifted his sword for the birthright of man!

He gave us a nation; to make it immortal

He laid down for Freedom the sword that he drew,

And his faith leads us on through the uplifting portal

Of the glories of peace and our destinies new.

Not with gold, nor with gems,

But with evergreens vernal,

And the flags that the nations of liberty span,

Crown, crown him the chief of the heroes eternal,

Who laid down his sword for the birthright of man!

O Spirit of Liberty, sweet are thy numbers!

The winds to thy banners their tribute shall bring,

While rolls the Potomac where Washington slumbers,

And his natal day comes with the angels of spring.

We follow thy counsels,

O hero eternal!

To highest achievement the school leads the van,

And, crowning thy brow with the evergreen vernal,

We pledge thee our all to the service of man!

-Hezekiah Butterworth

Mount Vernon

The Home of George Washington

Mount Vernon, Virginia

Inscription At Mount Vernon

Washington, the brave, the wise, the good,

Supreme in war, in council, and in peace,

Valiant without ambition, discreet without fear,

Confident without presumption.

In disaster, calm; in success, moderate; in all, himself.

The hero, the patriot, the Christian.

The father of nations, the friend of mankind,

Who, when he had won all, renounced all,

And sought in the bosom of his family and nature, retirement,

And in the hope of religion, immortality.

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