喬治‧華盛頓總司令辭職
1783年12月23日
當華盛頓到達馬裡蘭的時候，許多人夾道歡迎，並感謝他在對抗大英帝國時的睿智領導，使美軍獲得勝利。在1783年12月23日，喬治‧華盛頓進入馬裡蘭市政廳裡的參議院會議廳，並且正式辭去大陸軍總司令的職務。這個新國家的英雄的下一步是什麼？他選擇回到自己的家鄉。
華盛頓一早就出發前往他位於維吉尼亞州波多馬克河河畔的弗農山莊 (Mount
Vernon) 。他在聖誕夜夜晚降臨前回到家中，這是九年來第一次感覺到自己是一個沒有公職責任的平民。六年之後，華盛頓重新為國服務，擔任美國的總統。
As Washington rode to Maryland, well wishers flocked to congratulate and thank him for his role in the nation's military victory over Great Britain. On December 23, 1783, George Washington entered the senate chamber of the Maryland State House and officially resigned his commission as commander in chief of the Continental Army. What was next for the hero of the new nation? He went home.
Washington set out at dawn for Mount Vernon, his plantation on the Potomac River in Virginia. He arrived home before nightfall on Christmas Eve, a private citizen for the first time in almost nine years. Six years later, Washington was back in "service" as the president of the United States.
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