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Bookmark or Share- Farewell Address (1796) | Constitution CenterIn 1796, President George Washington published his “Farewell Address” to the nation. After two terms in office, Washington decided to retire from public life—clearing the way for the peaceful transfer of power from one President to another.
- George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)But these considerations, however powerfully they address themselves to your sensibility, are greatly outweighed by those which apply more immediately to your interest. Here every portion of our country finds the most commanding motives for carefully guarding and preserving the union of the whole.
- George Washington's Farewell Address - WikipediaWashington's Farewell Address [1] is a letter written by President George Washington as a valedictory to "friends and fellow-citizens" after 20 years of public service to the United States. [2] He wrote it near the end of the second term of his presidency before retiring to his home at Mount Vernon in Virginia.
- Farewell Address [ushistory.org]George Washington's Farewell address, delivered on September 19, 1796, remains a a towering statement of American political purpose. James Madison and Alexander Hamilton collaborated with Washington in penning his final address to the nation, which called for national unity above all else, and warned in particular about the divisive effects of ...
- George Washington's Farewell AddressGeorge Washington's Farewell Address - In 1796, as his second term in office drew to a close, President George Washington informed the American people of his retirement in a public letter that would come to be known as his “Farewell Address.”
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