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*'''The Father of His Country'''<ref>He has gained fame around the world as a quintessential example of a benevolent national founder. Gordon Wood concludes that the greatest act in his life was his resignation as commander of the armies—an act that stunned aristocratic Europe. Gordon Wood, ''The Radicalism of the American Revolution'' (1992), pp 105–6; Edmund Morgan, ''The Genius of George Washington'' (1980), pp 12–13; Sarah J. Purcell, ''Sealed With Blood: War, Sacrifice, and Memory in Revolutionary America'' (2002) p. 97; Don Higginbotham, ''George Washington'' (2004); Ellis, 2004. The earliest known image in which Washington is identified as such is on the cover of the circa 1778 [[Pennsylvania Dutch|Pennsylvania German]] almanac (Lancaster: Gedruckt bey Francis Bailey).</ref><ref>[http://www.pbs.org/georgewashington/father/index.html Rediscovering George Washington] - pbs.org</ref>
*'''The Survivor of the [[Battle of the Monongahela|Monongahela]]''' The nickname is in reference to his "miraculous" survival of the ill-fated battle of the same name during the [[Braddock Expedition]] of the [[French and Indian War]]. This nickname was used less after his Revolutionary fame.
==See also==
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