Upon his father’s death, the plantation and all its holdings were left to George’s older half-brothers, Lawrence and Augustine. Although George Washington attended grammar school, he is one of eight ...

Augustine was hardly a major player in the hierarchical world of the aristocracy, but he was nonetheless a bona fide member of the gentry. George ... for Washington—not king, but president ...

Before he became the first U.S. president, George Washington helped ignite a global war. The French and Indian War saw ...

The excerpt below sheds light on the president’s state of mind as the first Inauguration Day approached. The Congressional delay in certifying George Washington’s election as president only ...

George Washington wore many hats. He was a solider, farmer, brewer, entrepreneur, and visionary. He also had a lot of money, and is thought to have been the richest US president, with an estimated ...

American presidents hold the most powerful office on earth and occupy a unique place at the center of national and world events ... the life and presidency of George W. Bush, from his unorthodox ...

The dedication of the George W ... for the opening of his presidential library, it's clear he has no real interest in visiting the past either. "I really don't miss Washington," Bush said ...

When George Washington was president, he understood the power of being first. His statement that “I walk on untrodden ground” recognized that, in the words of his biographer Joseph Ellis ...