Washington’s letter, valued at $55,000, was written in 1783 to one of his first spy chiefs in the Revolutionary War, ordering the release of one of the war’s last and most consequential POWs ...

Notable commanders-in-chief such as Revolutionary War hero and first U.S. President George Washington conveyed pride in our country and freedom of speech as America's foundations. PRESIDENTS DAY QUIZ!

Presidents Day is unique among American holidays in providing the opportunity to remember and appreciate why George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were the two greatest U.S. presidents.

Both Washington and Lincoln received high marks, landing in the third and first all-time favorability slots, respectively. Trump landed at 20, just under Gerald Ford.

That Time Abraham Lincoln went to a war zone to ... or at least a respite from a debilitating existence in Washington. In February 1865, Lincoln was “more depressed than I have seen him since ...

WASHINGTON — Abraham Lincoln thought the Civil War was nearing the end in July 1863. If only Union Gen. George Meade would capitalize on victories in Vicksburg and Gettysburg and aggressively ...

Crucial Quote “I think it would be hard if George Washington came back from the dead and he chose Abraham Lincoln as his vice president, I think it would have been very hard for them to beat me ...

If Abraham Lincoln had lost the election to the (Northern) Democratic candidate Stephen A. Douglas, I do not believe that seven states of the Deep South would have seceded so quickly or formed a ...

When it comes to ranking the presidents, there are only two contenders for the top spot: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. They had a few things in common: Both lost a parent as a child, both ...

In “Abraham Lincoln’s Unchurched Faith” (Houses of Worship, Feb. 9), Allen Guelzo draws conclusions about Lincoln’s church attitudes without noting the president’s experience at the New ...

George Washington was a tariff man. The second bill he signed was the Tariff Act of 1789, which imposed duties on almost all imports. Abraham Lincoln said he was “in favor of . . . a high ...