The former California governor is the latest to recognize that the most remarkable thing about the first president was not ...

George Washington used the light of this brass candle stand while laboring over his farewell address in 1796. ... George Washington was a man of many talents. Writing speeches was not one of them.

George Washington Said, 'If Freedom of Speech Is Taken Away, Then Dumb and Silent We May Be Led'? ... That post had received around 70,700 likes and 16,000 reposts at the time of this writing.

From George Washington to now: Presidency and campaigns explained The presidential office was first envisioned to be more like a clerk's job, ... Writing in the Federalist Papers, ...

The back of the reflector is lined with green silk. The candle stand and other relics of George and Martha Washington were sold to the United States government in 1878 by the Lewis family (descendants ...

The Custis children’s names were absent for good reason: They were not blood-related to George Washington at all. They would appear on a separate family tree only for the Custis family, into ...

This week, George Washington’s 291st birthday will be celebrated by tiny numbers of Americans. That did not used to be the case. For most of our history, Washington’s birthday was a big deal ...