George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

That famous description of George Washington by his friend and fellow patriot Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee is probably still the best summation of the man who, over a hard but resolute ...

Our political chemistry set came in a box illustrated with George Washington’s happy humans, full of all the ingredients required for political experimentation. But, like an unsupervised 10-year-old ...

White House Historical Association Chief Education Officer Matthew Costello talked about the Constitutional foundations of the American presidency.

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project ...

Alexander Hamilton and George Washington never became close friends; different positions and different personalities prevented it. However, they gave each other things that were perhaps more valuable.

Researchers just uncovered two 18th-century cherry bottles in the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon home. The green ...

Buried in the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon home, a treasure trove was waiting to be discovered – an enormous ...

George Washington was born on Feb. 22, in 1732, so to celebrate let’s talk about his plan to honor the weary troops that fought the Revolutionary War. In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was ...

‘General George Washington ... example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.” Justice. Mercy. Charity. Humility: This is Micah 6:8. It sounds as if Washington is writing ...