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Washington's Farewell address, photo of Capitol painting

 

The painting at the U.S. Capitol building shows Alexander Hamilton helping Washington to draft his address. George Washington's Farewell Address (1796) envisioned an evolving international society of states, where the American nation-building model would remain separate but broadly influential.

Credit: Washington's Farewell Address, 1796. Allyn Cox, Architect of the Capitol