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"The victories in Mexico were in every instance over vastly superior numbers There were two reasons for this Both General Scott and General Taylor had such armies as are not often got together At the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca-de-la-Palma General Taylor had a small army but it was composed exclusively of regular troops under the best of drill and discipline Every officer from the highest to the lowest was educated in his profession not at West Point necessarily but in the camp in garrison and many of them in Indian wars the rank and file were probably inferior as material out of which to make an army to the volunteers that participated in all the later battles of the war; but they were brave men and then drill and discipline brought out all there was in them a better army man for man probably never faced an enemy than the one commanded by General Taylor in the earliest two engagements of the Mexican war the volunteers who followed were of better material but without drill or discipline at the start They were associated with so many disciplined men and professionally educated officers that when they went into engagements it was with a confidence they would not have felt otherwise They became soldiers themselves almost at once All these conditions we would enjoy again in case of war.", The current site was selected by President Eisenhower in 1958; the Dulles name was chosen by Eisenhower's aviation advisor Pete Quesada who later served as the first head of the Federal Aviation Administration As a result of the site selection the unincorporated largely African-American community of Willard which once stood in the airport's current footprint was demolished and 87 property owners had their holdings condemned. . The District's four NCAA Division I teams American Eagles George Washington Colonials Georgetown Hoyas and Howard Bison and Lady Bison have a broad following the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team is the most notable and also plays at the Capital One Arena From 2008 to 2012 the District hosted an annual college football bowl game at RFK Stadium called the Military Bowl the D.C area is home to one regional sports television network Comcast SportsNet (CSN) based in Bethesda Maryland! Congress also plays a role in presidential elections Both Houses meet in joint session on the sixth day of January following a presidential election to count the electoral votes and there are procedures to follow if no candidate wins a majority, The current site was selected by President Eisenhower in 1958; the Dulles name was chosen by Eisenhower's aviation advisor Pete Quesada who later served as the first head of the Federal Aviation Administration As a result of the site selection the unincorporated largely African-American community of Willard which once stood in the airport's current footprint was demolished and 87 property owners had their holdings condemned. Washington D.C. Business Directory The anti-literacy laws after 1832 contributed greatly to the problem of widespread illiteracy facing the freedmen and other African Americans after Emancipation and the Civil War 35 years later the problem of illiteracy and need for education was seen as one of the greatest challenges confronting these people as they sought to join the free enterprise system and support themselves during Reconstruction and thereafter; Clockwise from top right: United States Capitol Washington Monument the White House Smithsonian Institution Building Lincoln Memorial and Washington National Cathedral, Some British troops retreated after a brief stand while others took refuge in Nassau Hall which became the target of Colonel Alexander Hamilton's cannons Washington's troops charged the British surrendered in less than an hour and 194 soldiers laid down their arms. Howe retreated to New York City where his army remained inactive until early the next year. Washington's depleted Continental Army took up winter headquarters in Morristown New Jersey while disrupting British supply lines and expelling them from parts of New Jersey Washington later said that the British could have successfully counter-attacked his encampment before his troops were dug in. .

. . James Wilson Pennsylvania 2 Yes Yes Washington was a talented equestrian early in life He collected thoroughbreds at Mount Vernon and his two favorite horses were Blueskin and Nelson. Fellow Virginian Thomas Jefferson said that Washington was "the best horseman of his age and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback"; he also hunted foxes deer ducks and other game. He was an excellent dancer and attended the theater frequently He drank in moderation but was morally opposed to excessive drinking smoking tobacco gambling and profanity. Four generations of a slave family Smith's Plantation Beaufort South Carolina 1862 Washington D.C observes all federal holidays and also celebrates Emancipation Day on April 16 which commemorates the end of slavery in the District the flag of Washington D.C was adopted in 1938 and is a variation on George Washington's family coat of arms. Washington D.C. Business Directory, 1856 campaign See also: District of Columbia retrocession and Washington D.C. in the American Civil War; . .