Archaeologists have located the site of a historic friendly-fire incident that nearly cost George Washington his life.

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

President Donald Trump disgraced himself by comparing his Presidency to George Washington's in an interview conucted 100 days ...

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 woke ...

Members of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and supporters gathered July 8 at the Heights home of Cathy and Mike Mayton to meet the president of George Washington's Mount Vernon museum, Doug ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...

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Enter the first president: George Washington. He was the commander in chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and was revered after the conflict, says Denver Brunsman, a history ...

When university president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into ...

The discovery was made in 2024. A news release from Mount Vernon at the time explained that, as "part of the landmark ...

Cassandra Good is an associate professor of history at Marymount University. She is the author of First Family: George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America and Founding Friendships ...

Donald Trump may have crossed a new line but he isn’t the only potty-mouthed president, a tradition that dates all the way ...