Today, the president of the United States is an engineer; one hundred and forty-one years ago saw the inauguration of another engineer, George Washington, the first president, and "Father of Our Country." Since he possessed such diversified accomplishments it is only natural for us to overlook his more humble occupation of an engineer in favor of the romantic and heroic role of soldier and statesman. Even so, he was essentially an engineer, being a planner, a builder, and a visualizer of the future needs of his country. It was the keen analytical mind of the engineer that enabled him to conquer an army that was thought invincible. Not only do we have accounts of his military feats, but we also have material evidence of his en...
My dissertation explores the critical advantage the Union held over the Confederacy in military engi...
In October of 1753, George Washington, a 21-year-old major in the Virginia militia, volunteered to c...
Known as the Father of His Country, George Washington is viewed as a demigod for what he was and did...
Broadcast from radio station WEAO on November 1, 1928, by President George W. Rightmire
Toward the end of 1777, George Washington was burdened with major obstacles on his path to becoming ...
This article discusses Engineering and the Engineer in an informal way intended to attract the atten...
Despite America\u27s newly won independence, a bitter dispute over whether to have a capital and whe...
Fischer, David Hackett. Washington’s Crossing. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004. 564pp. $35 Wience...
For most Americans, George Washington is more of a legend than a man—a face on our currency or an au...
This project explores how American engineers born at the end of the 1800s were conditioned to hold i...
(publisher's blurb) The first full biography of a crucial figure in the American story--Washington ...
A GREATER GETTYSBURG which the new president enjoyed.202 There is no evidence from their minutes tha...
Some years ago, during the first administration of President Roosevelt, I had the pleasure of a shor...
Some years ago, during the administration of President Roosevelt, I had the pleasure of a short stay...
Technology, which has significantly changed Western man’s way of life over the past century, exerted...
My dissertation explores the critical advantage the Union held over the Confederacy in military engi...
In October of 1753, George Washington, a 21-year-old major in the Virginia militia, volunteered to c...
Known as the Father of His Country, George Washington is viewed as a demigod for what he was and did...
Broadcast from radio station WEAO on November 1, 1928, by President George W. Rightmire
Toward the end of 1777, George Washington was burdened with major obstacles on his path to becoming ...
This article discusses Engineering and the Engineer in an informal way intended to attract the atten...
Despite America\u27s newly won independence, a bitter dispute over whether to have a capital and whe...
Fischer, David Hackett. Washington’s Crossing. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004. 564pp. $35 Wience...
For most Americans, George Washington is more of a legend than a man—a face on our currency or an au...
This project explores how American engineers born at the end of the 1800s were conditioned to hold i...
(publisher's blurb) The first full biography of a crucial figure in the American story--Washington ...
A GREATER GETTYSBURG which the new president enjoyed.202 There is no evidence from their minutes tha...
Some years ago, during the first administration of President Roosevelt, I had the pleasure of a shor...
Some years ago, during the administration of President Roosevelt, I had the pleasure of a short stay...
Technology, which has significantly changed Western man’s way of life over the past century, exerted...
My dissertation explores the critical advantage the Union held over the Confederacy in military engi...
In October of 1753, George Washington, a 21-year-old major in the Virginia militia, volunteered to c...
Known as the Father of His Country, George Washington is viewed as a demigod for what he was and did...