“The United States was not alone, however, in showing Washington due respect. Time had so changed that the British admiral made the sixty men-of-war off the English coast fly their flags at half-mast, for the very man whom his country had once wished to hang. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte ordered public mourning for ten days; for Washington's name was known and honored everywhere.” InspirationalAmericaHistoryUnited StatesAmerican HistoryUs HistoryGeorge Washington Book:The Story of the Americans Source: The Story of the Americans