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

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 ...

Soon after Gen. George Washington learned of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776, he wrote a letter to an old friend. He described how his poorly trained Continental Army ...

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.

Christy Emmanuel can trace one family line to 1234. Those who followed are tied to U.S. history and now chronicled in a two-volume book by Emmanuel.

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, ...

Archaeologists unearthed 35 bottles of cherries from the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon. The 250-year-old fruits, many still intact, can shed new light on those who lived and worked there.

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.

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 ...

As Washington described to the nation how he intended in his retirement to enjoy “the benign influence of good Laws under a free Government,” he was also writing to his agent with instructions ...

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 ...