Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
Washington's Birthday
The Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library will be closed February 20 in observance of Washington's Birthday.
Read more about George Washington.
" . . . that the foundations of our National policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality; and the pre-eminence of a free Government, be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its Citizens, and command the respect of the world."
George Washington's first inaugural address.
(April 30, 1789).
External Links
- Biography of George Washington - www.whitehouse.gov
- George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens - www.mountvernon.org
- George Washington Papers - gwpapers.virginia.edu/
- Facts for young readers: See the Library's subscription to Social Studies Fact Cards (Library card required, to access from home)
Portrait credit: "George Washington, First President of the United States," Pendleton's Lithography, from the original series painted by Stuart for the Messrs. Doggett of Boston. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. LC-USZ62-117116 DLC (b&w film copy of cropped image); sculpture by Houdon, 1785, photo courtesy of The Papers of George Washington website, http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/
First inaugural address citation: The Avalon Project at Yale Law School, http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/inaug/wash1.htm [Last accessed: 13 Feb 2007.]