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Members of the 3rd Infantry Division (The Old Guard) present a firing demonstration using blanks during a ceremony commemorating the 256th birthday of George Washington, the first president of the United States as other members of the division stand in formation.  The men are dressed in traditional colonial uniforms

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Members of the 3rd Infantry Division (The Old Guard) present a firing demonstration using blanks during a ceremony commemorating the 256th birthday of George Washington, the first president of the United States as other members of the division stand in formation. The men are dressed in traditional colonial uniforms

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Mount Vernon

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Helen Stikkel, Usavic

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

George Washington was the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. "Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."

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15/02/1988
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The U.S. National Archives
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