Military Group

    Cards (8)

    • George Washington - Known for
      Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
    • George Washington - Fact
      Fought in the French and Indian War, was a Virginia planter and delegate to the House of Burgesses before the American Revolution.
    • George Washington - Fact
      Will become the 1st President of the United States.
    • Marquis de Lafayette - Known For

      A Frenchman, who believed in the cause of independence so much that he joined the American Continental Army.
    • Marquis de Lafayette - Known For
      He later went back to France to secure supplies for the troops.
    • Marquis de Lafayette - Known For 

      He returned in 1780 with more troops and helped Washington defeat the British at Yorktown.
    • Marquis de Lafayette - Fact
      He was the first foreigner to be granted honorary citizenship.
    • Marquis de Lafayette - Fact

      When he dies, on May 20, 1834, the United States government sent American soil to his gravesite.
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