The graying hair has been preserved in a locket that was given to a family friend of the Washingtons and passed down the ...

Approximately 227 years ago, in 1797, George Washington became the first U.S. president to voluntarily cede the presidency to ...

A triumphant general in Washington’s position might have tried to seize power, but Washington, like other Americans, saw ...

It's not well known to Americans that George Washington lost his first election — and equally important, he probably deserved ...

George Washington, widely viewed as the father of his country was, for all practical purposes, anointed by his fellow ...

George Washington emerged as the clear front-runner for the presidency in the US elections George Washington stood on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City on April 30 ...

You may have seen paintings of George Washington kneeling in prayer—an image that gives the impression that Washington was a very religious man. But was he?

Photo: Nathan Howard/Getty Images/Paul Sancya/AP/Mike Segar/Reuters When George Washington was 12, he began copying by hand “Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.” ...

At 17 years old, George Washington served as county surveyor of Culpepper County. Washington’s military career began when he was 21 years old. Campaign In 1789, only 10 of the 13 original colonies ...

Four years after the federal government under one president approved the proposal to connect Washington City and St. George ...

The presidential election of 1788, the first under the newly minted Constitution, was unusual, even unique. Here’s how.

The presidential election of 1788, the first under the newly minted Constitution, was unusual and even unique in ways that ...