 | David McCullough - 2001 - 883 σελίδες
...Representative Henry Lee of Virginia — General "Light-Horse Harry" Lee — who extolled Washington as "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." When the service ended after four and a half hours, several hundred people crowded into the President's... | |
 | Burton Egbert Stevenson - 2001 - 416 σελίδες
...appointed by Congress to deliver an address in commemoration of Washington, uttered the famous phrase, "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." His son, Robert Edward Lee, was destined to become perhaps the greatest general in our history. So... | |
 | Joseph R. McElrath, Jr., Robert C. Leitz, Jesse S. Crisler - 2001 - 644 σελίδες
...father of Robert E. Lee, said in his eulogy on Washington, 26 December 1799, "To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." In the typescript Chesnutt did not supply Lee's name; instead, he left a blank space between "as" and... | |
 | Stephen E. Ambrose - 2002 - 289 σελίδες
...can do it," as an integral part of the American spirit. He was indispensable, in war and in peace, "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." Abigail Adams, again, so insightful in her descriptions of this or that Founding Father, quoted John... | |
 | Jan Pons Vermeer - 2002 - 180 σελίδες
...the newspaper served, the president was generally likely to be the topic of discussion in editorials. "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was said of George Washington. To that can be added, for President Clinton in 1994, "first in editorial... | |
 | Bryan-Paul Frost, Jeffrey Sikkenga - 2003 - 852 σελίδες
...controversies in the 1790s."9 Upon his death, the resolutions in the House of Representatives declaring him "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen" were moved by a Federalist, John Marshall, but drafted by a Federalist and a Democratic-Republican,... | |
 | Lon Cantor - 2003 - 244 σελίδες
...Fathers, a close friend of George Washington. It was he who coined the phrase describing Washington: "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." After the Revolution Harry Lee became a governor and a congressman, but he had no head for money. He... | |
 | Let's Go Inc. - 2003 - 448 σελίδες
...York newspaper with Harry Lee's eulogy of George Washington, in which he used « the famous phrase "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen" to describe the president. A 200-year-old magnolia tree is a fitting centerpiece of the large garden... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 2003 - 642 σελίδες
...did not follow in the footsteps of Caesar and Cromwell. He remained to the end a resolute republican, "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." Webster, Noah (1758-1843), American lawyer, lexicographer, and schoolteacher. He wrote a spelling book,... | |
 | Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum - 2004 - 248 σελίδες
...Achievement s First and arguably greatest President. First and arguably greatest Commander-in-Chief. First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen. First prize, 1764 Williamsburg Bake-Off, "Profiteroles a la George." All-time record holder, Most Places... | |
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First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799. 
