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Kimmo Huosionmaa
Above the text is the portrait of George Washington, the first president of the United States of America. In this picture is a very interesting detail, and it is like the threat that this man would strike his hand to the quill, what is on the table. This detail is a very interesting thing in this painting, what is not, of course, the only one portrait, what is painted about this man, who was the first commander of the United States military forces. This painting was made by Gilbert Stuart in the year 1796, three years before the death of Washington and the name of it is "Portrait of George Washington"
This man is a very interesting person, and when you read the background of Washington, you must notice that George Washington was not the most trustable selection for the leader of the independence fighters. This man was the only person, who survived in the ambush of the French troops in the seven years war, and then he was selected as the commanding officer. His background was English nobleman and in the stories, this man was the son of the priest, who drunk very much.
But the reason, why George Washington was elected were that he was suitable for this job is that he was old enough that he couldn't rule the country very long if he made the decision to stay in the position as the ruler of the nation. He was born in 1732 and died in 1799, at the age of 67, that means that he was quite an old man. And in some portraits, he was shown as the strong but at the same time frozen man, who was giving the hope and trust for men, and he takes those men in the command, and the picture is portraying the case when Washington and his army made camp in the Valley Forge. Here I must say, that I call the continental army as the "independence army".
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| Picture II |
This portrait is a well-known item, what portraits the independence army traveling or marching in the forest, in the cold weather. There are many portraits of this very well known freedom fighter, and I took two of them in this text. At the above is the picture, where Washington stands in the side of the desk, and the quill is at the table. I sometimes think, why the painter has been portrayed him in this position? There are many things, what makes this painting very symbolic version of the way of using force in the United States of America.
The quill must symbolize the relationship between the president and the media. The reason, what made the independence fight successful, was that those leaders of the independence army were able to tell, the things what they represented to the great audience. That was the reason, why those people joined the independence movement, and the reason, why the army was standing in the line, was that the leaders were with them. Or this is the image, what is shown to the people. Actually, we cannot be sure, was Washington even with his men. If he was in somewhere at Alaska or Sibir, that would give a very effective tool in the hands of the Senate to keep this man in control.
This is of course only the philosophical period in this text, but the Senate must have something, what had the power against this man if he would not step away voluntary. And in theory, this can be one reason, why Washington elected to rule the United States after the independence war. We know, that this man was portrayed as a hero, but was the portrayer himself or somebody else. We can say, that those paintings, what are in the Finnish Wikipedia page about him are portraying any real situation, and this is the thing, what we must realize when we are looking at this man. He was the first president of the United States, and he had a very strong influence on the nation.And here I must say, that this man was very dangerous in the first years in the United States. He knew many secrets, what could cause death on both sides of the just independent states. So in that time, there were many people, who wanted to defame this man, who was the first man, who won the British army.
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington: Written in Finnish
Picture I
https://usercontent1.hubstatic.com/7745576_f496.jpg
Picture II
https://www.history.com/.image/t_share/MTU3ODc4Njg5NDE2OTQ3NDIz/hith-valley-forgemarchtovalleyforge1-2.jpg
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