George Washington Never Shook Hands First Comic - Beetle Bailey

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How are you today? Today is the birthday of a very famous man. Fine, thank you. George Washington the father of our country. Yes, and our first president. And believe it or not by Ripley which is in this paper has an interesting fact about George Washington.

Oh, what is it? George Washington never shook hands with anyone during the entire two terms he served as president of the United States. He did? Nope. He believed that it was beneath the dignity of the president of this country to shake hands with other people.

Well, presidents aren't like that today. They shake hands, don't they? Yes, they do. Well, if presidents today shake hands with people, well, you suppose George Washington wouldn't do it. Well, I'll tell you why. Remember, George Washington was the first president of this country, and at that particular time, which was in the early days of America, almost all countries had kings.

Yes. Well, kings didn't shake hands with people. No, the people are always about to the king. That's right. So George Washington felt that even though he wasn't a king, the president of our country should have the same respect as a king. Oh, I see. Well, well, that's different. It wasn't because he didn't want to shake hands with him. No, it's just that because he was president,