George Washington - February 22

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Saturday, February 22, 2025

Today is Margarita Day, Wildlife Day, Tex Avery Day, and International Sword Swallowers Day.

Black History Month Resource of the Day: Ona (Oney) Judge

• Ona Judge - George Washington's Mount Vernon
• Colonial Williamsburg - The Freedom Quest of Oney Judge Video
• The White House Historical Association - The Remarkable Story of Ona Judge
• National Park Service - Ona Judge Escapes to Freedom

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: George Washington

ON THIS DATE

• 1862 - Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the Confederate States of America President.
• 1959 - Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
• 1980 -  In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeated the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3 in what became known as the Miracle on Ice.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1732 - 1st President of the United States, George Washington
• 1778 - Painter Rembrandt Peale
• 1857 - German physicist Heinrich Hertz
• 1892 - Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay
• 1932 - Politician Ted Kennedy
• 1962 - Australian TV host and zookeeper Steve Irwin

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies - LISTEN

THEME:  George Washington

• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - George Washington Video and Reader -VIEW and READ
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearingMedia -  Exploring Mount Vernon - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - 60-Second Presidents -George Washington (Available in Spanish) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia -George Washington and the American Revolution Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Kentucky Studies - George Washington's Land - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - National Archives - George Washington's First Inaugural Speech (1789) and Resource Materials - READ
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - A Taste of History -  Washington's Character, Charisma & Ambition (25:11)  - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - A Taste of History -  Washington’s Winter Headquarters (25:29) - VIEW 
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - White House Lectures: George Washington (57:27) - VIEW

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