Martha Washington was one of the characters she studied, and years later, there was an opening in Mount Vernon, so she jumped on it, commuting for a while. In 2004, she moved to Belle View and ...

who came to live permanently at Mount Vernon in the mid-1780s. It appears that Martha wrote more letters to Fanny than to anyone else in her lifetime. Washington wrote in his diary on the couple ...

But George isn’t the only Washington to be connected to an alcoholic beverage. Martha was known to offer visitors to Mount Vernon a rum punch. Why not a rye cocktail? Rum was actually America ...

Samson Historical has announced a special, free screening of the new historical docudrama, “The American Miracle Movie: Our Nation is No Accident” on Wednesday in Lebanon. The movie opened in theaters ...

Washington had the requisite charisma and leadership abilities, but he was also chosen because he didn’t crave the job. As ...

Among qualities George Washington’s contemporaries most liked about him was he was not eager for power, a contrast with so-called leaders of today.

Among the many possible choices considered by the Continental Congress, Washington stood out because he embodied the kind of ...

From the beginning of the American experiment, one of its animating principles has been limited government overseen by ...

Americans began comparing Washington to Cincinnatus early in the Revolutionary War, and he did not disappoint. With the Treaty of Paris and the end of the war in 1783, Washington resigned and returned ...