An Anglican priest stands on the far left of the medallion holding the infant George Washington.  In the center is Washington’s mother, Mary Ball Washington, holding her prayer book.  The man standing next to Mary is likely Washington's father, Augustine. The two male figures standing behind are likely the two godfathers.  Though a cross is depicted in the center background, suggesting that the baptism took place in a church, the location of Washington’s baptism is not known.

Washington sits alone at a desk in a library with his left hand resting on an open book as he concentrates on writing with his right hand.

This medallion shows sixteen year-old George Washington surveying Little Hunting Creek Plantation in Virginia. He is the second figure on the right. The figure in the far right is a black man holding the surveyor’s chain that was used for measuring land distances. Lord Fairfax (who hired George Washington as a surveyor) is on the far left and Lawrence Washington (George Washington’s older half-brother) is next to him holding a completed survey of his estate “Hunting Creek.”

George Washington, in a blue overcoat, presents Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre (1701-1755), the French commandant of Fort LeBoeuf, with a letter written by Robert Dinwiddie, Governor of Virginia (1692-1770). Legardeur is flanked by French officers and sentries. Legardeur stands over a table, his fist closed on a roll of maps. In the background, the log walls of Fort Le Boeuf are visible.

The medallion shows George Washington, who has surrendered to the French, leading his troops out of “Fort Necessity.” He is preceded by his drummer and followed by a soldier carrying the unit’s colors, as agreed in the terms of the surrender.

With British soldiers to his left and right holding torches and others looking on, Washington reads from the Book of Common Prayer an impromptu burial service over General Braddock after the battle of the Monongahela River in July 1755.

George Washington, ringed by clouds of smoke, stands atop the logs of Fort Duquesne, his sword in his right hand and the flag of Great Britain in his left. His soldiers cheer, waving their hats, at either side. The brass barrel of a cannon is partially visible near him.

Pictured in the center of the medallion are Martha Dandridge Custis (left) facing Colonel George Washington (right), with The Reverend David Mossom, rector of St. Peter’s Church, between them officiating. To the far left is probably colonial Virginia Governor Francis Fauquier, and in the background and to the far right are other members of colonial Virginia’s leading society.

Pictured is Washington, the central figure, astride a horse. To the right, an overseer awaiting instructions, to the left are two slaves, one leading an ox in the foreground.

George Washington stands on the left of the medallion studying a sheaf of papers, probably the plans for the new Pohick Church. On the right are two workmen, one carrying a hod (long-handled masonry tray) on his right shoulder, the other with what appears to be a mallet bending over what may be a piece of stone. In the background is the entrance to the church with its classical arch and pilasters.

The medallion shows Washington (middle figure) on the steps of old Bruton Church in Williamsburg, Virginia. To the right is Patrick Henry leaning on a cane. The figure on the left is Richard Henry Lee. The Three are about to enter the church.

The medallion shows George Washington on horseback in the center bidding farewell to Martha Washington on the steps of Mount Vernon. Behind him are the figures of Patrick Henry, probably the figure whose full face is shown on the right, and Edmund Pendleton, behind Washington’s right shoulder, who accompanied Washington to Philadelphia as delegates from Virginia to attend the First Continental Congress.

Pictured in the center of the medallion are George Washington (right), along with John Hancock (left), President of the Continental Congress. Behind them sit the assembled delegates of the Continental Congress. One of the figures seated behind Hancock and Washington is likely Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress. Washington's posture is upright, yet restrained, conveying dignity and humility as he accepts his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.

Washington stands in the center viewing Boston below with his looking glass. General Henry Knox is to the right. To the left soldiers roll the heavy cannons into position atop Dorchester Heights. The Grand Union flag, the first attempt at an American flag, flies prominently above them.

The medallion shows General Washington on the left stepping into the stern of the last boat to leave Long Island. Two soldiers/seamen from Massachusetts with oars upraised salute him.

General Washington is shown mounted upon his warhorse, Nelson, leading a charge against British regulars at the Battle of Princeton.

George Washington kneels in prayer amid the woods of Valley Forge with his horse standing by and hat placed on the ground. Behind the trees, local miller Isaac Potts observes.

The medallion shows George Washington in the middle, Von Steuben (far left figure), and Lafayette (far right figure) watching the men at Valley Forge pass in review. The new flag of the United States, with the stars and stripes, represents the new American army.

Astride his horse, Washington, as Commander-in-Chief, leads the departure from the Valley Forge encampment. To the right staff follow him; to the left an infantryman salutes him.

The medallion shows Washington in the center firing the first cannon in the siege of Yorktown. Smoke billows from the cannon’s muzzle. A gunner, who has just loaded the cannon, stands on the left holding the rammer, while another soldier stands behind him. On the right and behind Washington is Lafayette. In the background on right and left are what appear to be gabions, earth filled baskets used to protect and fortify the gun position.

Washington meets with Admiral Count de Grasse aboard his flagship, La Ville de Paris, (The City of Paris), a 104 gun ship of the line. Washington stands on the right shaking the hand of Admiral de Grasse on the left. Three other officers, at least two of whom are French, are pictured on either side of de Grasse and Washington with their hats off in a show of respect.

George Washington, wearing his dress uniform, escorts his mother, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789), through an open door into a ballroom. Unidentified ladies and gentlemen at either side bow and curtsey. Mrs. Washington wears a blue dress with a red pettitcoat, and leans on a gold-headed cane.

In the center, General George Washington stands on a dais in the middle of a large room preparing to put on his spectacles. General Horatio Gates stands behind the table to the left, and five of Washington’s officers, looking contemplative, or in one case, belligerent, are gathered on the right.

George Washington stands in the center of the medallion in the Old Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House. He presents the papers containing his commission to several members of Congress, among them Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. Directly behind him is his aide-de-camp, Col. Benjamin Walker, and behind Walker is Col. David Humphreys. Washington's cloak lies, discarded, on a thronelike chair at lower right. The image itself is adapted from Trumbull's 1822-1824 painting for the Capitol Rotunda.

Pictured is Washington, the central figure, with his wife Martha to his left. They are standing in their pew at Christ Church, Alexandria, surrounded by fellow parishioners. Washington appears pensive holding his prayer book, while the others are singing the Gloria in Excelsis, with the suggestion of a festive wreath in the background.

George Washington is seated in his library at Mount Vernon embracing his step-grandchildren. Washington smiles as he gazes at George Washington Parke Custis, who sits upon his knee gleefully laughing and looking up at Mrs. Washington. Mrs. Washington stands to the right of her husband as she leans over his shoulder and holds out an enticing cookie. Eleanor Parke Custis, “Nelly,” stands to the left of Washington within the embrace of his arm. One of Nelly’s hands rests on Washington’s knee as she holds her rag doll in the other hand. Washington temporarily neglects the books and papers on the desk in front of him to focus on the joys of family life.

George Washington is seated in the center with his arm resting on a desk. He is looking down at James Madison, standing on the left, addressing Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton seated on the right. The head and chest of a fifth, unidentified figure possibly taking notes with a quill pen is shown on the extreme left.  The armchair Washington is sitting in has on its back the sun emblem made famous by Benjamin Franklin in his remark toward the end of the Convention, “In the vicissitudes of hope and fear I was not able to tell whether it was rising or setting; now I know that it is the rising sun.” The scene is set in the Pennsylvania State House, now known as Independence Hall, in Philadelphia.

In what The Reverend W. Herbert. Burk describes as a sentimental visit, Washington stands in the center of the scene, hand to chin, reviewing and reflecting on the Valley Forge hills and meadows before him. His horse is directly behind him.

George Washington stands on the right in his library at Mount Vernon, reaching for the official letter of notification of his election as president. Charles Thomson, his friend as well as the Secretary of the Congress, is in the center handing the communication to Washington. On the far left and in the background are Martha Washington and her grandson, George Washington Parke Custis, looking on.

George Washington kneels on his right knee before his mother, who holds a book in her left hand and has her right hand placed upon his head. A blue table stands on the left of the green wingback armchair. In the distance, through an open window framed by red curtains, a wagon wheel in blue suggests the presence of a coach in which Washington has arrived.

George Washington stands on the steps of St. Paul’s Chapel in New York City, shaking the hand of the Rt. Rev. Samuel Provoost, Bishop of New York and Chaplain of the Senate, who is clad in rochet, black chimere, and preaching bands. Vice President John Adams and Speaker of the House Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg stand behind Washington, and another man, possibly a representation of the Rev. William Linn,  is partially visible behind Provoost.

Description: On the left sits George Washington. Thomas Jefferson sits across from him on the right. Hamilton, to Washington’s left, holds a paper the three are discussing with Henry Knox, Edmund Randolph, and Samuel Osgood.

George Washington is in the center with a Mason’s trowel applying mortar to the cornerstone of the United States Capitol on September 18, 1793. The next block hangs in the rear. Washington is shown wearing Masonic regalia. On either side are other Freemasons, one of whom, per The Reverend W. Herbert Burk’s description, is the Masonic Grand Master pro tem and the other the Worshipful Master of Alexandria Lodge No. 22 of which Washington was a member. An American flag is shown on the corner of the stone.

George Washington, his completed Farewell Address in his left hand, makes an open-palm gesture with his right hand as he looks into the distance. In the background, a rainbow can be seen through the window of his study.

Pictured in the center of the medallion are George Washington (left) and Martha Washington (right), standing together in a cultivated garden setting. Washington is depicted in an 18th-century blue coat with knee breeches and a tricorn-style hat, his posture upright and composed as he points with his walking stick to a rose in the garden. Martha Washington stands beside him in an elaborate gown, her body angled toward him in a pose of companionship. The surrounding scene is filled with foliage and flowers, shown in deep blues, reds, and greens. Although not obvious at first, curving lines of boxwood characteristic of the Mount Vernon formal Upper Garden are depicted in the lower left.

We see George Washington at eventide, seated in his library at Mt. Vernon. Two candles rest on a side table to the right of the scene, illuminating God’s word as revealed in the Holy Bible. Washington’s Bible rests open upon his lap. To the left, a fire blazes in his hearth, upon the mantle an hourglass, symbolic of both Mankind’s and Washington’s mortality.

Learn the significance of different Continental Army uniform facing and cuff colors through the chapel windows.

Learn the significance of different Continental Army uniform facing and cuff colors through the chapel windows.

Learn the significance of different Continental Army uniform facing and cuff colors through the chapel windows.

Learn the significance of different Continental Army uniform facing and cuff colors through the chapel windows.

Learn the significance of different Continental Army uniform facing and cuff colors through the chapel windows.

Learn the significance of different Continental Army uniform facing and cuff colors through the chapel windows.

Learn the significance of different Continental Army uniform facing and cuff colors through the chapel windows.

Learn the significance of different Continental Army uniform facing and cuff colors through the chapel windows.

Learn the significance of different Continental Army uniform facing and cuff colors through the chapel windows.