George Washington earned his stripes, tested his resolve and learned from his defeats in western Pennsylvania.
George Washington was born on Friday, Feb. 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Details regarding his childhood are ...
For the nation’s first president, friendliness was strategy, not concession: the republic would treat other nations with ...
Emeritus Professor of Politics, Washington and Lee University; Senior Fellow, Miller Center, University of Virginia The two documents are the bookends of the American Revolution. That revolution began ...
As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military veterans are helping archaeologists excavate the location. By Jennifer ...
It has been years of planning and execution, but now the majority of the largest renovation ever at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Virginia estate is complete just in time for the nation’s 250th bi ...
In August 1775, nothing particularly dramatic was happening among the roughly 14,000 soldiers of the Continental Army besieging the British army in Boston. Indeed, nothing particularly dramatic ...