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

When the British attacked Long Island in August, Washington’s troops faced heavy volleys of musket fire, fusillades of ...

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

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

Speak not injurious words, neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none though they give occasion.’ ...

The furniture in the bedroom where George Washington died will go into storage. So will his silver oil lamps, his French marble and bronze mantel clock, and most of the other contents of his ...

In the 1990s, the FBI uncovered a massive forgery ring flooding the U.S ... signatures of deceased individuals like President ...

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

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Two men arrested in September have been indicted on federal charges after a forgery operation was reportedly discovered in a ...

As Washington Post columnist Philip Bump wrote, the sentence contains "the longest 'and' in the history of the English ...

On Tuesday, Jonathan Arreola and Kyle Thomas Welsh, both 20 and from San Bernardino, California, were indicted on one count of bank fraud-conspiracy, according to the indictment recently filed in ...