Editing George Washington (section)

===Namesakes and monuments===
{{further|List of memorials to George Washington|List of statues of George Washington}}
[[File:Washington Monument Dusk Jan 2006.jpg|thumb|alt=White obelisk|The [[Washington Monument]]|upright=0.8]]

Many places and monuments have been named in honor of Washington, including the capital city of [[Washington, D.C.]], and the state of [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<ref>{{cite web |title=George Washington: The First Face of America|last=Perry|first=Warren|work=Face to Face|publisher=National Portrait Gallery| date=February 22, 2013|url=https://npg.si.edu/blog/george-washington-first-face-america|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503033922/https://npg.si.edu/blog/george-washington-first-face-america|archivedate=May 3, 2022}}</ref> On February 21, 1885, the [[Washington Monument]] was dedicated, a {{convert|555|ft|adj=on}} marble [[obelisk]] on the [[National Mall]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web |title=Washington Monument |url=https://www.nps.gov/wamo/index.htm |publisher=National Park Service |accessdate=July 1, 2023 |archivedate=March 22, 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322001937/https://www.nps.gov/wamo/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Nowlan|2014|p=62}}

Washington appears as one of four presidents on the ''Shrine of Democracy'', a colossal sculpture by [[Gutzon Borglum]] on [[Mount Rushmore]] in [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mount Rushmore National Memorial |url=https://www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm |publisher=National Park Service |accessdate=June 13, 2024 |archivedate=June 12, 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612233759/https://www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Nowlan|2014|p=62}} The [[George Washington Bridge]], opened in 1931, connects [[New York City]] to [[New Jersey]].{{sfn|Rockland|2020|p=71}} A number of [[Washington (disambiguation)#Education|secondary schools and universities]] are named in honor of Washington, including [[George Washington University]] and [[Washington University in St. Louis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.gwu.edu/scrc/university-archives/gw-history/a-brief-history-of-gw |title=A Brief History of GW |publisher=GW Libraries |accessdate=August 19, 2019 |archivedate=September 14, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914225450/https://library.gwu.edu/scrc/university-archives/gw-history/a-brief-history-of-gw |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wustl.edu/about/history-traditions/|title=History and Traditions|publisher=[[Washington University in St. Louis]]|accessdate=August 19, 2019|archivedate=April 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408184414/https://wustl.edu/about/history-traditions/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He appears on contemporary United States currency, including the [[United States one-dollar bill|one-dollar bill]], the [[Presidential dollar coins|Presidential one-dollar coin]] and the [[Quarter (United States coin)|quarter-dollar coin]] (the [[Washington quarter]]).{{sfn|Tschachler|2020}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/historical-documents/history-of-presidents-on-our-coins|title=The History of Presidents on Our Coins|date=July 2006|publisher=United States Mint|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907135412/https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/historical-documents/history-of-presidents-on-our-coins|archivedate=September 7, 2024}}</ref> Washington was pictured on the nation's first postage stamp in 1847, and has since appeared on more United States postage stamps than anyone else.{{sfn|West|2014|p=8}}

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| image1 = Washington 1862 Issue-24c.jpg
| alt1 = 24-cent stamp showing a black-and-white portrait of Washington
| caption1 = Washington issue of 1862
| image2 = Washington WF 1917 Issue-5c (cropped).jpg
| alt2 = 5-cent stamp with a profile of Washington
| caption2 = [[Washington–Franklin Issues|Washington–Franklin]] issue of 1917
| image3 = 2006 Quarter Proof.png
| alt3 = United States of America Quarter-Dollar with Washington in profile
| caption3 = Washington [[Quarter (United States coin)|quarter dollar]]
| image4 = George Washington Presidential $1 Coin obverse.png
| alt4 = Coin with a portrait of Washington, reading "George Washington 1st President 1789-1797
| caption4 = Washington [[Presidential dollar coins|Presidential one-dollar coin]]
| image5 = US one dollar bill, obverse, series 2009.jpg
| alt5 = Paper currency with a portrait of Washington and a denomination of one US dollar
| caption5 = Washington on the 2009 [[United States one-dollar bill|dollar bill]]
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