2. George Washington was the first president of the United States.
Portrayals of George Washington depict a courageous spirit.
Washington was termed, “the Father of his Country” by an unnamed Germanic publication in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1778, a term that stuck as many people know him by this famous
moniker today (Pennypacker, 1904, p. 267)
Washington’s false teeth were partly made from the tusk of a hippo (Weinberger, 1948; see
also; Hamarneh, 1972; Pennypacker, 1904; Sognnaes, 1959).
Hamarneh, S. (1972, April). Dental exhibition and reference collection at the Smithsonian
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Pennypacker, S. W. (1904). George Washington in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Magazine of
History and Biography, 28(3), 257-272.
Sognnaes, R. F. (1959, December 18). Dentistry at its centennial crossroads. Science, 130(3390),
1681-1688.
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