In 1780, the British forces attempted to capture George Washington, the Continental Army’s leader, and end the American ...

In 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish in Pennsylvania ...

George Washington was no myth — just a man, warts and all. Even if he heroically defended the honor of one slave girl, it’s believed he enjoyed the sexual favors of others.

At Washington Circle, near the George Washington University Hospital, Meghann Abraham, who has lived in a tent there for ...

Before he became the first U.S. president, George Washington helped ignite a global war. The French and Indian War saw ...

A U.S. Navy sailor from Middleburg was declared “lost at sea” while he served aboard the USS George Washington (CVN 73) in ...

Few names have had such a profound impact on American history as George Washington’s. The foundation of the country’s ...

For the last 78 years, Touro Synagogue has hosted an annual reading of a letter from George Washington that was addressed to its congregation in 1790. This year, however, the synagogue itself is no ...