"Who, having been a Lieutenant General with three stars on his epaulettes, was posthumously appointed ""General of the Armies of the United States"" by a congressional joint resolution in 1976, with an effective appointment date of 4 July 1976?"
General officers in the United States issue of Washington's rank. To maintain George Washington's proper position as the first Commanding General of the United States Army, he was appointed, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States by congressional joint resolution 19 January 1976, approved by President Gerald R. Ford on 11 October 1976. The Department of the Army , issued on 13 March 1978 by Secretary of the Army Clifford Alexander, Jr., had an effective appointment date of 4 July 1976. The rank ensures that no United States military officer outranks George Washington. General officers in the United States A
George Washington continued to distrust his influence for many years and delayed building the Washington Monument. On January 31, 1781 (before he had even begun his presidency), he was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. During the United States Bicentennial, to ensure Washington would never by outranked, Washington was posthumously appointed to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States by the congressional joint resolution passed on January 19, 1976, with an effective appointment date of July 4, 1976. Parson Weems's hagiographical account "The Life of Washington" (1809) helped elevate Washington to heroic legendary