BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Washington resigns as Commander in Chief UID:2008-05-02-03-05-31-63-@americanhistorycalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:OPAQUE RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=12;BYMONTHDAY=23 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20251223 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20251224 DTSTAMP:20260922T115529 CATEGORIES:Revolution Era LOCATION:Annapolis\, Maryland X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

George Washington resign ed as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army on December 23, 1783, at the Maryland State House in Annapolis. After leading the American forces t o victory in the Revolutionary War, he voluntarily gave up power and retur ned to private life at his Mount Vernon estate. His resignation set a prec edent for civilian control of the military and reinforced the principles o f republican government in the United States.

DESCRIPTION:George Washington resigned as Commander-in-Chief of the Contine ntal Army on December 23\, 1783\, at the Maryland State House in Annapolis . After leading the American forces to victory in the Revolutionary War\, he voluntarily gave up power and returned to private life at his Mount Ver non estate. His resignation set a precedent for civilian control of the mi litary and reinforced the principles of republican government in the Unite d States.\n URL:https://americanhistorycalendar.com/component/zcalendar/2,6762-washingt on-resigns-as-commander-in-chief?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR