Valley Forge National Historical Park might be the most underappreciated 3,500 acres in Pennsylvania – a place where you can literally walk through the pages of American history while also getting ...

George Washington 1732 – 1799 American Founding Father, military officer, politician and statesman who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Washington led Patriot ...

After George Washington died in 1799, people quickly wanted a monument to honor him. Congress agreed, but arguments and not enough money stopped anything from happening for a long time.

One of six statues in the city’s parks of the nation’s first president, George Washington (1732-1799), this sculpture by Donald De Lue (1897-1988) has its origins in two earlier projects by the ...

Symbolic arrival Raleigh held a special fondness for the commander-in-chief, having lost its original Washington statue in the 1831 fire that destroyed the Capitol. That marble monument from ...

UNION SQUARE, Manhattan (PIX11) — A man was arrested after climbing the George Washington monument in Union Square Thursday night, police said. Maksim Katsnelson, 39, was allegedly on top of the ...

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The city was known as Columbia until 1791 when it was named in Washington’s honor. Getting to Washington, a chronological table of the capitals 1. Philadelphia, Carpenter’s Hall, 1776 2.

Despite sentiment for a monument to George Washington beginning shortly after he died in 1799, the Washington Monument we know today wouldn't be built until 1854, and wouldn't be finished until 1885.

The monument was built in 1932 to honor George Washington’s acquisition of 2,000 acres of land along the Kanawha and Coal rivers. It stood at the old St. Albans High school and also represents ...