George Washington

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President Barack Obama, with daughters Sasha, center, and Malia, right, carries on the Thanksgiving tradition of saving a turkey from the dinner table with a "presidential pardon," at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. After the ceremony, "Cobbler" will head to George Washington's historic home in Virginia to be part of the “Christmas at Mount Vernon” exhibition. National Turkey Federation Chairman Steve Willardsen is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Connor talks about a revolution with George Washington in the video game Assassin's Creed III.

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A forthcoming downloadable add-on to “Assassin’s Creed III,” called “The Tyranny of King Washington,” poses the hypothetical scenario of George Washington setting himself up as an autocratic monarch. (Ubisoft via Associated Press)

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Re-enactors stand by their three-pound canon as they watch daytime fireworks during a Fourth of July event at George Washington's Mount Vernon in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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A re-enactor portraying George Washington speaks to candidates for naturalization during a naturalization ceremony at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Taylor Shelby, center, portrays Dolly Madison saving the portrait of George Washington, played by Paul Luks, as another actor sets fire to the White House prop in a rehearsal for a play outlining the history of the United States, specifically the war of 1812, on Wednesday, July 4, 2012, in Staunton, Va. (AP Photo/The Daily News Leader, Pat Jarrett)

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Chris Moore (right) and his wife, Dina (second from right), of Austin, Texas, enjoy the view from the veranda of the mansion at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Alexandria, Va., on July 4, 2012 (Associated Press)

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First lady Dolley Madison rescued a portrait of George Washington when she fled the White House set afire by the British in August 1814. (Associated Press)

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Chris Coover, who specializes in books and manuscripts for Christie's, leafs through George Washington's annotated copy of the Constitution, which is scheduled for auction Friday. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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George Washington was aware of the importance of documenting his interpretation and execution of the nation's foundational laws.

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George Washington's reconstructed distillery in Mount Vernon, Va. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Three master distillers from Scotland take turns hammering a cork into a barrel of a single malt whisky made on colonial style stills at George Washington's reconstructed distillery with the help of Mount Vernon's historic distillers. The oak barrels will be aged for three years and then auctioned for charities around the world. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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John Campbell, Distillery Manager with Laphroaig, right, smells the scotch style single malt whisky he made with two other master distillers from Scotland, Dr. Bill Lumsden, Head of Distilling and Whisky Creation at the Glenmorangie Company, left, and Andy Cant, with Diageo, center, using colonial style stills at George Washington's reconstructed distillery with the help of Mount Vernon's historic distillers. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Three master distillers from Scotland create a single malt whisky on colonial style stills at George Washington's reconstructed distillery with the help of Mount Vernon's historic distillers. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Tim Larner, a Historic Trades Interpreter with Mount Vernon, adds wood to the fire at George Washington's reconstructed distillery. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Eric Barton, an Historic Trade Interpreter with Mount Vernon, carries out plastic jugs to be washed after the Mount Vernon historic distillers produce a scotch style single malt whisky made using colonial style stills at George Washington's reconstructed distillery. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)