The Story
Let's go into the History of George Washington University, in Washington DC!
George Washington envisioned a new university in the nation's capital. U.S. presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison sought to carry out Washington's plans.
A Baptist missionary, Luther Rice secured funds and President Monroe approved the congressional charter to form Columbian College.
Initially, most students came from the South, so when the Civil War started many left to join the Confederate Army. The college was temporarily converted into a Union Army militia camp.
In 1904, the school was renamed George Washington University, after the George Washington Memorial Association helped fund Lisner Auditorium. Less than 10 years later the school moved much of its operations to Foggy Bottom where James Monroe's house was located.
George Washington University has the oldest law and medical schools in the capital. In the 1930s and 40s, George Gamow, produced the Big Bang theory at the school.
