Front:
VERNON
APR
16
1989
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BICENTENAIAL
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
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VA
Back:
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
First Day of Issue: April 16, 1989
First Issue Location: Mt. Vernon, Virginia
In 1789, George Washington became the first President of
the United States. In his Inaugural Address, he entrusted
the people with the sacred fire of liberty, and challenged
them with the experiment of living freely under a repub-
lican form of government. The man known as the father
of his country had a vision — to guide a young nation
toward strength, power and durability. Unanimously
elected to the Presidency, Washington's qualifications for
the task couldn't have been better. He understood the
problems facing the infant country. His authority rested
on abilities acquired through public service, along with
the devotion of the American people which that service
won him. In the words of Thomas Jefferson, “His integrity
was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have
ever known. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word,
a wise, a good, and a great man." With his integrity and
justice, George Washington planted the fire of liberty in
the hearts of his people, to live there and grow as the
nation developed.
No. 89-15
bia* 1621-2841 * UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION
*1661-2861
ANTENNAM
©1989 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation • Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by David K. Stone
An Official Maximum Card of
the Commission on the Bicentennial
of the United States Constitution
