After being unanimously chosen to be the first President of the United States, former secretary of the Continental Congress Charles Thomson was dispatched to deliver the news to George Washington ...

And he expressed an opinion on American history that is clearly contradicted by the facts. During a speech ... And Trump said, “How about George Washington high school? ‘We want the name ...

But that’s not what our forefathers had in mind when they made Washington’s Birthday a formal holiday. Every third Monday in February, the nation honors its first president, George ...

As commander in chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, George Washington recruited untrained colonial forces for six years until the surrender of the British in October 1781.

A prophetic father of his country, President George Washington issued his Farewell Address as he approached the end of his second term in office on this day in history, Sept. 19, 1796. He ...