The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions ...

Ask someone name five great American leaders from history and George Washington often makes the list. Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. Presided over the Constitutional Convention. First ...

What is divisive about telling the truth? That enslaved people dreamed, planned and ran. That George Washington was both the ...

The version of the quote that widely circulated online was shortened and simplified, but it accurately preserved the meaning of Washington's original words as delivered in a March 15, 1783, speech.

George Washington had dentures so he tended to stick to foods that were soft, which is why he liked this simple breakfast ...

The George Washington Experience is open to the public, with self-guided tours available. The museum director says the ...

At least 17 current or former U.S. presidents have visited Augusta over its long history, beginning with the nation's first ...

The Landsdowne portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired as a gift to the nation through the generosity of the Donald W. Reynolds ...

Washington defined the presidency not by what it could do, but by what it must refuse to become.