George Mason
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George Mason was an American planter, politician, Founding Father, and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constituti
Portrait, c. 1750
Portrait of Mason's wife, Ann Eilbeck, with whom he had nine children. By Dominic Boudet in 1811, a copy of the destroyed original by John Hesselius.
A 1958 postage stamp featuring Gunston Hall, Mason's residence in Fairfax County, Virginia
The House of Burgesses in Williamsburg, Virginia, where Mason served as a delegate from 1758 to 1761
George Washington
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George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the A
Portrait, c. 1803
Ferry Farm, the Washington family residence on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia, where Washington spent much of his youth
Washington the Soldier, an 1834 portrait of Washington on horseback during the Battle of the Monongahela
Colonel George Washington, a 1772 portrait of Washington by Charles Willson Peale