George Washington confronted a smallpox epidemic with a belief in science—and a controversial plan. George Washington strikes a confident pose after the victorious Battle of Princeton in this ...

George Washington knew the threat smallpox posed to the new nation, calling it “the most dangerous Enemy” in a July 1776 letter to John Hancock.

In 1751, a teenaged George Washington emerged from a harrowing bout of smallpox, which he had contracted in Barbados, that left him weak, pockmarked, and well aware of just how catastrophic an ...

“George Washington mandated smallpox vaccines for the Continental Army,” reads the text of an image that’s being shared on social media with an illustration of the first president of the ...

Did George Washington Order Troops To Get Vaccinated Against Smallpox? Washington wrote in 1777 that the Continental Army had more to "dread" from smallpox than from the "Sword of the Enemy." ...

Description. This lesson provides an overview of George Washington's decision to mandate smallpox inoculation for the Continental Army in 1777. The lesson, which features author Andrew Wehrman ...

A viral photo claims that George Washington mandated smallpox vaccines for the Continental Army. That's Mostly True, although the inoculation process back then went by another name, variolation.

Unquestionably it was a foundational document for America, calling for unity against Great Britain in the struggle for ...

George Washington was born into a very different world 292 years ago. Indeed, ... He was visionary for his day in inoculating his army against smallpox. More on George Washington.