He ordered Marquis de Lafayette and an American army of 5,000 troops to block Cornwallisâ escape from Yorktown by land while the French naval fleet blocked the British escape by sea. By September 28, Washington had completely encircled Cornwallis and Yorktown with the combined forces of Continental and French troops.
The group's White House tour had to be canceled due to sequester cuts. 1  Sixth-grade students from Lanier Middle School arrive Friday at George Bush Intercontinental Airport for a flight to Washington, D.C. The group's White House tour had to be canceled due to sequester cuts. Sixth-grade students from Lanier Middle School arrive Friday at George Bush Intercontinental Airport for a flight to Washington, D.C.  Photo: J. Patric Schneider, Freelance.
George W. Bush took more vacation days than any other president. During his eight-year presidency, Bush did take 879 days of vacation, including 77 trips to his Texas ranch. So far, Obama has taken about 150 days off. But our founders were away even more. During his first two years in office, President John Adams was criticized for making two lengthy trips to his home in Quincy, Mass., taking him away from the capital, which was then Philadelphia, for a total of eight months.