The tallest building in America's capital city is the Washington Monument(纪念碑).It is ( 21 ) for George Washington,the first president of the United States.He ( 22)the American colonies(殖民 地)in the War of Independence(独立)against England from 1775 to 1783.As president,he (23 ) the new United States of America through its first difficult (24 )
The monument is one of the most popular ( 25 ) in the world. Lights shine on it at night.It can usually be ( 26 ) from far away.
George Washington was born in 1732.He ( 27 )school for only about seven or eight years.At age
20 he (28) an officer in the colonial army. (29) ,as time passed,he became angry with the way
England (30)the American colonies.The war against Britain (31) in 1775.The Americans named
George Washington chief of the revolutionary armies.
Many of his soldiers were not trained,and they were (32)equipped(装备).During one winter of the Revolutionary War,his soldiers (33 ) froze to death.But GeneralWashington led them to (34) .The last group of British soldiers left the colonies in 1783.In1789,he was (35)as the first
president of the United States.
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