George Washington for Kids: His Life and Times with 21 Activities

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Note to Readers any of George Washington's diaries letters and other papers have survived for over 200 years So throughout this book many of the words you'll read were written by Washington himself written in joy in anger in despair and in pride A real man not a cold marble statue wrote these words Can you see Washington in flick ering candle flame dipping his quill pen in ink and writing the very words you read Do you feel a connection to a real person Think about it Research materials that actually come from a certain his toric period such as diaries letters paintings clothes tools and newspapers are called primary sources They were written or used by people of that time Spelling gram mar and punctuation have all changed over the centuries A letter looking much like an fmeant ans in George Washing ton's time To see some of Washington's papers for yourself go online to the Library of Congress www loc gov or the University of Virginia www virginia