Loudonville Community Church

The first is George Washington, whose birthday is next Sunday. But at the end of the revolutionary war, he stood at the height of influence. His troops adored him, and the nation revered him. Many in Europe assumed that as he had led the colonies to victory through the war that he would soon seize power and crown himself king. But in 1783, after victory over Britain, Washington voluntarily resigned as commander in chief of the Continental Army and returned home to Mount Vernon. Historians still call it one of the most remarkable acts of restraint in modern history.