He concluded, he later wrote, that the troops were “ exceeding dirty & nasty people ” led by indifferent officers with an “ ...

George Washington was a Founding Father of the United States, the nation’s first president, and a commander of the ...

The former California governor is the latest to recognize that the most remarkable thing about the first president was not how he exercised power, but how he yielded it.

As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military ...

To the future President’s credit, Arkeonews wrote that “Washington, realizing the error, risked his life by galloping through ...

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The exhibit, called "Washington's Headquarters and the Memory of the American Revolution," highlights the home's "pivotal ...

A statue of the first U.S. president stands prominently in London’s Trafalgar Square, but some Britons find it strange to honor a rebellious general alongside English kings.