George Washington - February 22
I Cannot Tell a Lie Learning
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.
- 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
Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies - LISTEN
- 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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