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Verse 1
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I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States,
and will, to the best of my ability,
preserve, protect,
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and defend the Constitution of the United States.
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The President, The President,
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Salute the leader of our nation.
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The President, The President,
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All pay allegiance to his nation.
With freedom's choice,
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the people's voice has chosen
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who shall represent our
ideals and our liberty,
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the man who shall hold the
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office of the president.
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In 1775,
the son of a wealthy Virginia landowner,
a gentleman farmer
who had served seven years
as a colonel in the British Army,
was appointed by the Continental Congress
to be the Commander in Chief of the
Colonial Army.
George Washington was to lead
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300 ,000 un trained,
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against the of Great Britain.
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others may take,
but as for me,
give me liberty or give me death.
And they finished up that York
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town with a mighty will,
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but they started up a bunker
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hill.
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The Revolutionary War
had been fought.
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The victory won
and General Washington returned to his wife, Martha,
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But the new nation he had
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couldn't spare him.
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The country seethed with un
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rest.
Congress was without
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leadership or power.
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Its pa per money worth next to nothing,
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while tariffs brought trade between the
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states to a standstill.
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As Washington sadly wrote to a friend,
which a spark might set fire to.
He attended the Constitutional Convention
and prolonged argument,
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began to emerge,
looked to George Washington for
leadership.
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First in war, first in peace,
Verse 2
Washington,
who favored a strong central government
controlled by wealthy,
educated men,
that a monarchy be established
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He stood staunchly behind the new Constitution,
and the states, which feared
the strong central power embodied
in the Constitution,
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placed their faith in the integrity of a man.
In 1789, George Washington,
by unanimous vote of the electors,
was chosen to be the first president
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of the United States.
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Everything in his administration
was a first in American history.
Henry Knox,
and Edmund Randolph.
Vermont, Kentucky,
and Tennessee,
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first time.
The National Mint was established.
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The first census taken
and the first 10 amendments to
were adopted.
Washington served for
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two consecutive terms.
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An infamation groped for identity,
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and outrages of political fortune.
political system
every ambitious politician.
It was with a sense of relief
that George Washington
saw his eight years in the presidency
come to an end.
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his country
and guided her first faltering footsteps
to the path of greatness.
In December of 1799,
that developed into a high fever.
the doctors bled him.
And knowing the end was near,
Washington spoke his last words.
I thank you for your attention.
You had better not take any more
trouble about me,
but let me go quietly.
The news went out,
and everywhere people wept.
Throughout the young country,
the nation mourned the
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loss of its father.
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First in peace,
first in the hearts of his countrymen,
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the father of our country,
George Washington!
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Charge! Charge Washington!
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