George Washington Birthplace National Monument and the Northern Neck National Heritage Area invite the public to celebrate the 293rd birthday of the nation’s first president in the park on Saturday, ...

George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. And yet the nation is once again commemorating the first U.S. president on Monday.

Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...

While the Kennedys and Trumps of the world were born to wealthy families with large estates, other presidents had far more ...

The origins of Presidents Day lie in salutes to George Washington's Feb. 22 birthday, some highly ceremonial and others ...

Mary Washington helped her son develop into the leader he became. While her son was the subject of several portrait artists, ...

U.S. states seem to mark Presidents Day with as many different names and honors as there have been presidents. The federal ...

Norfolk: Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, not a king.And yet the United States ...

Feb. 22 is commemorated across the country as the birthday of our first commander in chief.But what about George Washington’s ...