The words of Benjamin Franklin are often invoked nowadays. On Monday, Sept. 17, 1787, at the closing session of the ...

When George Washington was president ... “everything he did set a precedent.” For that reason, Washington was careful with the precedents he set, understanding that his successors would ...

When President George Washington was in his second term, there was nothing in the Constitution that prevented him from seeking a third. But he did not. In his Farewell Address in 1796, Washington ...

The colonists had fought the war as a set of different nations ... on a promising course of peace and prosperity for future generations. Legacy George Washington established precedents for the ...