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Most people associate George Washington with cherry trees. Supposedly, a young George Washington confessed to his dad that he ...
In 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish in Pennsylvania ...
President Donald Trump disgraced himself by comparing his Presidency to George Washington's in an interview conucted 100 days ...
Contrast that with the “big, beautiful” spending bill being steered through Congress by today’s career politicians, who euphemistically refer to themselves as “public servants.” America’s Founders ...
Hundreds gathered at the Virginia home of the U.S.’ first president for a special naturalization ceremony, with one of the ...
Arnold Schwarzenegger, former California governor and actor, was the keynoe speaker at a naturalization ceremony at Mount ...
The exhibit, called "Washington's Headquarters and the Memory of the American Revolution," highlights the home's "pivotal role in the Revolution, from its time as George Washington’s headquarters ...
The former California governor is the latest to recognize that the most remarkable thing about the first president was not ...
Born in 1732, George Washington rose from land surveyor to Commander-in-Chief and the first U.S. President. His leadership helped shape a new nation.
The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s first judicial nominee of his second term, a notably slower pace than at the same point in his first term or former President ...
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