Washington College, the first college chartered in the new nation, is founded to “nurse the souls of our youth up to the love of LIBERTY and KNOWLEDGE.” George Washington lends his name to this College during his lifetime and serves on its board. Founder Dr. William Smith (1727-1803), a Scottish immigrant, aims to keep “the legacy of the country’s founders alive, preserving their ideals and virtues into the distant future” with “youth of all religious denominations…freely and liberally admitted.”
Ratification Day in Annapolis ends the Revolutionary War
Ratification Day marks the end of the Revolutionary War as the Treaty of Paris is ratified in 1784 in Annapolis, making the State House the first capitol of US.
