Show GEORGE washington in a month replete with notable birthdays and anniversaries february 22 stands out ina the minds of americans as the date of greatest greate sf significance the birthday of george fash washington As a national holiday it Is pe perhaps chops second only to the fourth of july while as a nutter matter ot of fact it Is probably an anniversary of even high importance because without a washington the struggling gling colonies might not have bave 1 made the declaration of independence i effective although much that Is legendary legener has been associated with the life of washington due principally to the irl ot of parson weems his early biographer the main facts of hla his inestimable sar service stand and his fame takes on added luster with the years leading a poorly trained ille ill e quip equla ped 11 and nd sometimes mutinous army rm V washington kept aflame the fires fire ot of patriotism when a less capable commander might have given up in despair while aid from france finally turned the scale in favor of the colonies without genius and heroic stence the continental army would have been crushed into submission before that aid ar arrived arlivea rivea it Is well that we should honor his memory on his birthday and on all other days but nothing we may say or do can add to or subtract from the priceless heritage epitomized in the deathless name of washington |