Justice. Mercy. Charity. Humility: This is Micah 6:8. It sounds as if Washington is writing a sermon, not a letter to ...

Despite rainy weather, more than 100 turn out at a soggy Washington Crossing Historic Park to celebrate Washington's birthday ...

Our 46 Heads of State all had interactions with the Jewish community – positive and negative, historic and bizarre ...

On their birthdays on two separate days in February, this country used to celebrate the two men who are considered our ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson, the famous transcendentalist philosopher, also called Concord home. His house, now a museum, is a ...

In 1848, the Boston Athenaeum acquired more than 300 volumes from the famed Virginian's collection of books. They nearly ...

A letter written by George Washington in 1777 that is valued at $150,000 is up for sale this Presidents Day. The letter, ...

A rural metro community is celebrating on President's Day its connection to the nation's first president, George Washington.

As a young nation, Americans drank far more than they do today, starting in the morning with an “eye opener” and finishing the day with a “nightcap.” ...

George Washington University, a private institution, has been offering online bachelor's degree programs since before 2000-2001. All of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can ...

If you want to eat like our first president, you can make a batch of hoecakes, which was reportedly George Washington's ...

Susannah George is The Washington Post's Gulf bureau chief, based in Dubai, where she leads coverage of the oil-rich monarchies of the Persian Gulf and their neighbor, Iran. She previously spent ...