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==Early life==
According to the [[Julian calendar]], Washington was born on [[February 11]], [[1731]]; according to the [[Gregorian calendar]], which was adopted during Washington's life and is used today, he was born on [[February 22]], [[1732]] ([[Washington's Birthday]] is celebrated on the Gregorian date).
At the time of his birth, the English year began [[March 25]] ([[Annunciation]] Day, or [[Lady Day]]), hence the difference in his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colonial Beach]] in [[Westmoreland County, Virginia]]. Kathleen is a loser
Washington was part of the economic and cultural elite of the [[slavery|slave]]-owning planters of [[Virginia]]. His parents Augustine Washington ([[1693]]–[[April 12]], [[1743]]) and Mary Ball ([[1708]]–[[August 25]], [[1789]]) were of [[England|English]] descent. He spent much of his boyhood at [[Ferry Farm]] in [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford County]], near [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]] and visited his Washington cousins at [[Chotank]] in King George County. As a youth, he trained as a [[surveyor]] (obtaining his certificate from the [[College of William and Mary]]) and helped survey the [[Shenandoah Valley]] in Virginia. He visited [[Barbados]] with his sick half brother Lawrence in [[1751]], and survived an attack of [[smallpox]], although his face was scarred by the disease. He was initiated as a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]] in Fredericksburg on [[February 4]], [[1752]]. On Lawrence's death in July [[1752]], he rented and eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]] in [[Fairfax County, Virginia]] (near [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]]).
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