George Washington was no myth — just a man, warts and all. Even if he heroically defended the honor of one slave girl, ... rendered the general infertile.

Being a Virginian made Washington a symbol of the Continental Congress’s effort to show that beleaguered Boston was not alone ...

President George Washington issued his Farewell Address on this day in history, Sept. 19, ... "They tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection." ...

The Virginia Capitol Foundation's Christmas ornament features George Washington, rendered in the marble statue French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon created from direct measurements he took from the ...

We all know the familiar stories about George Washington. The cherry tree he chopped down. (Except he didn’t.) The lies he never told. (Except he did.) His wooden teeth. (Except they weren’t ...

Indeed, in his farewell address, Founding Father George Washington presciently warned that partisan tribalism could be the nation’s undoing.

This week, George Washington’s 291st birthday will be celebrated by tiny numbers of Americans. That did not used to be the case. For most of our history, Washington’s birthday was a big deal ...

A George Washington letter from Octob er 1777 citing divine guidance in America's turning-point victory over the British in the war for independence is valued at $275,000.

From George Washington to now: Presidency and campaigns explained The presidential office was first envisioned to be more like a clerk's job, and in its earliest incarnation, ...

Some may have read the words of George Washington’s most famous eulogist: “AMERICANS! he had no child—BUT YOU,—and HE WAS ALL YOUR OWN.” Who, then, are these children; ...