George Washington was America\u2019s first president and its Army\u2019s first commanding general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His military and tactical genius lead to the defeat of the world\u2019s most powerful military and Britain\u2019s exit from the American colonies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And despite his fame and glory in forging a new United States, Washington refused to rule beyond his presidential term, instead retiring to his estate in northern Virginia at Mount Vernon. He lived there as a gentleman farmer until his death on Dec. 14, 1799.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In today\u2019s Military Maxim we pay tribute to Washington\u2019s foresight and strategic acumen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
George Washington died Dec. 14, 1799, less than three years after he retired as America’s first president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":39200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":12,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"coauthors":[465],"class_list":["post-36115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maxims"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"M5KAGCPPG5CB3H3CTKUBNO2EF4","arc_canonical_url":"\/maxims\/2017\/12\/15\/remembering-the-military-genius-of-gen-george-washington\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n