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

If passed, House Bill 1446 would rename Presidents Day to George Washington’s Birthday. Originally established in honor of the first president, the holiday’s meaning has evolved into a ...

President's Day started in the 1880s when Americans first began celebrating the birth of President George Washington as a federal holiday, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. Washington, who was ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... Washington is unanimously elected as the first president of the United States under the Constitution. He serves two terms but refuses ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. About less than 1.3% of the population, at the time, voted in the election of 1788-89. Challenges Because he was ...

George Washington was the first president of the United States. He has long been referred to as “the father of our country.” Yet as we celebrate Presidents Day, we struggle to remember who he ...