Astute West Marlborough neighbor and "Unionville in the News" reader Tom H. notes that the actual year George Washington was born was 1732; another contributor to this column stated last week that our first president was born in 1729, the same year as the Steelville Mill in West Fallowfield Township was built.
Writes Tom, "Why do I know this mindless piece of trivia? Well I am a
math geek and the square root of 3 is 1.732.....Washington's year of birth."
According to the website of the National Archives, "George Washington was born in Virginia on February 11, 1731, according to the then-used Julian calendar. In 1752, however, Britain and all its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar which moved Washington's birthday a year and 11 days to February 22, 1732."
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