"First...First...And First..."* : By Elwell Crissey.; *"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen" : concluding words of the Joint Resolutions adopted Christmas Eve, 1799, by Congress, memorializing the death of George Washington; repeated two days later from the pulpit of the Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, by Colonel Henry (Light-Horse Harry) Lee, Representative in Congress from Virginia, the official Congressional eulogist during national memorial services
