Today we are talking about George Washington. He was the first president of the United States. He served from 1789 to 1797. But he had many other accomplishments, too. He owned thousands of hectares of land in his home state of Virginia. He was a famous general, who led the American colonists to freedom from British rule. And he presided over the convention that created the U.S. Constitution. For Washington, that was enough. He said he wanted to retire from public service and return home. But the country’s new electors had other ideas. They wanted him to move to New York and invent the American presidency. Washington accepted the job as his duty.
Title: George Washington: Reluctant
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2020/george_washington.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='George Washington: Reluctant' data-article-id='2538'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='4771'>Today we are talking about George Washington.</span> <span data-start-time='4771' data-end-time='8625'>He was the first president of the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='8625' data-end-time='14458'>He served from 1789 to 1797.</span> <span data-start-time='14458' data-end-time='18188'>But he had many other accomplishments, too.</span> <span data-start-time='18188' data-end-time='23792'>He owned thousands of hectares of land in his home state of Virginia.</span> <span data-start-time='23792' data-end-time='31271'>He was a famous general, who led the American colonists to freedom from British rule.</span> <span data-start-time='31271' data-end-time='38333'>And he presided over the convention that created the U.S. Constitution.</span> <span data-start-time='38333' data-end-time='41958'>For Washington, that was enough.</span> <span data-start-time='41958' data-end-time='47708'>He said he wanted to retire from public service and return home.</span> <span data-start-time='47708' data-end-time='52146'>But the country’s new electors had other ideas.</span> <span data-start-time='52146' data-end-time='58000'>They wanted him to move to New York and invent the American presidency.</span> <span data-start-time='58000' data-end-time='69271'>Washington accepted the job as his duty.</span> 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