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How George Washington shaped America
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July 2, 2026
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July 2, 2026
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35:31Now PlayingGeorge Washington’s leadership helped shape America’s earliest moments, but his life also reflected many of the country's founding contradictions. In the first episode of her new limited-run podcast,”In Pursuit of Happiness,”Judy Woodruff sits down with historian Lindsay Chervinsky for a conversation about Washington’s presidency, his beloved Mount Vernon, slavery, Native nations and the complicated legacy Americans wrestle with 250 years later.
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