As we celebrate Presidents Day, we struggle to remember who George Washington was. That kind of national amnesia isn’t ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. And yet the nation is once again commemorating ...

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

Courtesy: National Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA. Though they worked in close proximity for years, Alexander Hamilton and George Washington never became close friends; different positions and ...

George Washington University is one of more than 800 institutions with graduate schools surveyed by U.S. News on an annual basis. George Washington University confers degrees through various ...

When George Washington was offered command of the Continental Army by Congress in 1775, he accepted the role, but not the salary. He reasoned that his leadership had to be seen as an act of ...