乔治．华盛顿总司令辞职
1783年12月23日
当华盛顿到达马里兰的时候，许多人夹道欢迎，并感谢他在对抗大英帝国时的睿智领导，使美军获得胜利。在1783年12月23日，乔治．华盛顿进入马里兰市政厅里的参议院会议厅，并且正式辞去大陆军总司令的职务。这个新国家的英雄的下一步是什么？他选择回到自己的家乡。
华盛顿一早就出发前往他位于维吉尼亚州波多马克河河畔的弗农山庄 (Mount
Vernon) 。他在圣诞夜夜晚降临前回到家中，这是九年来第一次感受到自己是一个没有公职责任的平民。六年之后，华盛顿重新为国服务，担任美国的总统。
As Washington rode to Maryland, well wishers flocked to congratulate and thank him for his role in the nation's military victory over Great Britain. On December 23, 1783, George Washington entered the senate chamber of the Maryland State House and officially resigned his commission as commander in chief of the Continental Army. What was next for the hero of the new nation? He went home.
Washington set out at dawn for Mount Vernon, his plantation on the Potomac River in Virginia. He arrived home before nightfall on Christmas Eve, a private citizen for the first time in almost nine years. Six years later, Washington was back in "service" as the president of the United States.
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