Wednesday, March 26, 2014
George Washington had a brilliant mind and many interests. Among them was his love for words and, specifically, anagrams. As you know (or maybe not), an anagram is a word or phrase which is created by rearranging its letters to form another word or phrase. As an example, the word "horse" can be "anagrammed" into "shore." George, as a student of English, loved creating anagrams. One famous one was inspired one day when Martha asked George to install a swing behind Mount Vernon for children to play on. George complied, and quickly built a fine swing in the garden area (no one knows exactly where). George famously replied, I'll run right out "with wings" and get it done! And thusly, George invented the anagram, as "swing" is the anagram of "wings." Clever dude, that George.
— Bart Hewitt