The 46 presidents of the United States have all brought unique backgrounds and experiences to the role. While some were ...

In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... There is not a king in Europe that would not look like a valet de chambre by his side.” By 1781 Washington’s resolve had triumphed ...

George Washington was the ... Due to the Revolution in France, Washington revoked the former American colonies’ alliance with that country, an action that put him at odds with strong Francophiles like ...

Walk into Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan, and it's like stepping back in time. Inside it, National Park Ranger Ryan Ventura says is the actual stone where George Washington stood to take the oath ...

Ari Schulman told CNN he witnessed a passenger airplane collide with an Army Black Hawk helicopter while driving on the George Washington Parkway on Wednesday night.

“It’s a plainer look, so we think it was part of him trying to show himself as a civilian, as a man of the people, not as an elitist,” says Amanda Isaac, a curator at George Washington’s Mount Vernon.

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George ... Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an important day in American tradition. But the event looks much ...