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Crowds cheering, trumpets sounding, and cannons firing! Follow along as George Washington journeys from Virginia to his inauguration in New York City.

After the Revolutionary War, the newly formed U.S. Congress chose the first president. Every vote was for Washington.

So began Washington's week-long trip from his home in Virginia to New York City, where he would be inaugurated. At every stop on George Washington's route, people were determined to celebrate their very first president. In Baltimore citizens rode along with Washington for seven miles, in Philadelphia people chanted Long live George Washington, and in Elizabethtown, NJ, Washington was met with a parade of boats so spectacular that he would later write in his diary: the decorations of the ships, the roar of cannon . . . filled my mind with sensations.

David A. Adler deftly retells this joyous journey in information-packed prose, while John O'Brien masterfully illustrates our complex and beautif

Parade for George Washington A

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      Publisher Holiday House Inc
      Published 24 November 2020
      ISBN-13 9780823442522
      978-0823442522
      ISBN-10 0823442527
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Crowds cheering, trumpets sounding, and cannons firing! Follow along as George Washington journeys from Virginia to his inauguration in New York City.

      After the Revolutionary War, the newly formed U.S. Congress chose the first president. Every vote was for Washington.

      So began Washington's week-long trip from his home in Virginia to New York City, where he would be inaugurated. At every stop on George Washington's route, people were determined to celebrate their very first president. In Baltimore citizens rode along with Washington for seven miles, in Philadelphia people chanted Long live George Washington, and in Elizabethtown, NJ, Washington was met with a parade of boats so spectacular that he would later write in his diary: the decorations of the ships, the roar of cannon . . . filled my mind with sensations.

      David A. Adler deftly retells this joyous journey in information-packed prose, while John O'Brien masterfully illustrates our complex and beautif

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