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In honor of Washington’s birthday today, our eldest’s portrayal of America’s first president. on Flickr.

I confess, I’d love to know what ol’ George is glancing off at.

May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.

—George Washington, letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, 1790

A prayer for all of us.