Three decades before his election as the first president of the United States in 1789, George Washington commanded soldiers ...

That was actually George Washington, whose conduct in office has been a model for every president. By the 1790s, Washington was wealthy primarily because of real estate — renting and selling his ...

The former California governor is the latest to recognize that the most remarkable thing about the first president was not ...

Nonetheless, one president towers over all others in stature and importance — George Washington, so memorably eulogized as “first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his ...

On this day in history, in 1789, George Washington was elected the first President of the United States. Washington, then 56 years old, was unanimously elected by all 69 electoral votes, a ...

America’s first president George Washington addressed the assembled Congress with the first State of the Union on this day in history, Jan. 8, 1780. Washington’s address took place at Federal ...

When the great Gen. George Washington left his comfortable retirement at Mount Vernon to become the first president of the United States, well-wishers threw flowers at his feet.

President George Washington aimed to unify the country with his first Thanksgiving message. Getty Images Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino. On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington ...

But Washington was not the only president born in confusing times. The first four U.S. presidents — Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison — were all born before 1752, and all had to move ...

George Washington’s adopted hometown of Alexandria celebrates the first president all month long, complete with a parade. George Washington Birthday Parade Monday, Feb. 20, 1-3 p.m.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – George Washington, our first president, was born on this day in 1732. You probably learned a lot about him in school, but there's one part of his life that he may have ...