As all the other Anglicans in church knelt at their pews...
During prayer as all the other Anglicans in church knelt at their pews, George Washington would stand tall at his. An explanation was never offered for this action. It was wondered if Washington was imitating the early Christians who stood during prayer as a part of their Jewish heritage. Or did he stand for that is how he did it as an officer when he served in the English army? In either case, it is certainly a declaration that Washington understood himself to be a "child of God."
