George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation is a 1986 television film, and was the sequel to the 1984 miniseries George Washington. The film chronicles the life of George Washington, the first President of the United States. George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation is based on the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
It aired on September 21–22, 1986.
The two-part sequel received low television ratings, among the worst ratings received by a miniseries to that time. It nevertheless received two nominations during the 39th Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Make-up and Best Hairstyling.
Cast
Barry Bostwick as George Washington – Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, and later first President of the United States
Patty Duke Astin as Martha Washington – Wife of George Washington
Jeffrey Jones as Thomas Jefferson
Richard Bekins as Alexander Hamilton
Penny Fuller as Eliza Powel
Eve Gordon as Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
Marcia Cross as Anne Bingham
Guy Paul as James Madison
Norman Snow as Edmund Randolph
Lise Hilboldt as Maria Reynolds
Haviland Morris as Henrietta Liston
Daniel Davis as Patrick Henry
Richard Fancy as William Duer
Farnham Scott as Henry Knox
Nicholas Kepros as John Jay