To the Memory of George Washington

George Washington was commander-in-chief of the American Army from 1775 to 1785 and the first president of the United States. He endorsed the location of a magazine and laboratory at Springfield in 1777, personally inspected the works on this site in 1789, and approved Springfield as the location of a national armory in 1794. Through these actions, he became the father of Springfield Armory.

Springfield, Massachusetts · United States