Remembering Washington's Patriotism

"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." These are the words that Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee III spoke on December 1799 in his eulogy for George Washington. In a single phrase spoken during a moment of national mourning, Lee captured Washington's generalship in the Revolutionary War, his role in shaping and forming the republic, and his enduring place in the American mind.