Posted on 02/20/2006 9:46:42 AM PST by FormerACLUmember
George Washington is known as the father of our country, but he might also have been the original American hunk.
The History Channel decided to try to figure out what the first president looked like. A team of artists, anthropologists and forensic scientists used cutting-edge technology to reconstruct Washington's looks. The result was a whole new look for a familiar figure.
"The most difficult part of the challenge in a way was morphing backwards when there are no images of the 19-year-old," said recreation team member, Ivan Schwartz. "Our 19-year-old mystery man — the man who would become leader of the country."
The team recreated Washington at age 57 when he was president; at age 45 when he commanded troops in the Revolutionary War and as a teenage surveyor.
The three life-size figures will be displayed in the new $95-million museum and education center in Washington's home, Mount Vernon, which is scheduled to open in October.
A Real Person
"When we ask people they say, 'Well Washington was great, but he's stiff, he's formal, he wears that white wig, he's got bad teeth,' " said James Rees, the executive director of Mount Vernon, which is located outside the nation's capital. "He's a darn good looking guy. And you're going to be shocked, I think, to see Washington looking like a movie star."
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You are correct. Trenton: 1776, Valley Forge: 1777
You could pick one up for about 400 bucks (not uncirc).
You mean Joshua Chamberlain? I think so too. In fact, that was Jeff Daniel's best role, IMO.
One of the few things that Ted Turner did right was making that movie.
God like though he may be ;-)
Yeah, yeah, I tell you every TING.
maybe a little trashy... but in a nice way.
Still can't figure why this picture popped up when I googled "Monica bellucci, though:
lol
That life mask makes him look like the pederast actor who played the teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
It sounds like they were trying to guess what he looked like when he was a very young man, long before he'd had a life mask or any portrait done.
the guy looks like and Italian Howard Stern. Monica looks well................
BUMP
LOL. good one. this gets me. why is it "historians" can never take existing evidence at face value but keep trying to answer questions to which the answers are already so painfully obvious? I guess all those paintings of George don't count for much.
Everyone at his funeral said he looked just like himself. Just sleeping.
lol
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