Washington resigns as US army chief in Annapolis, ceding power to Congress
On Dec. 23, 1783, George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in the Maryland State House in Annapolis, returning his commission to Congress and retiring to Mount Vernon.
The act followed Washington’s earlier intervention in March 1783 at Newburgh, New York, where he defused a potential officers’ revolt against civilian authority by addressing disgruntled officers, removing his spectacles, and remarking on his service and sacrifice for the nation.
King George III, upon learning of Washington’s intent to resign, reportedly said that if he carried it out, he would be “the greatest man in the world.” Washington’s resignation underscored the transition of power from military to civilian leadership in the newly independent United States.
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