In 1896, eleven years after the granite, 555-foot obelisk was built in Washington D.C., a 50 ft. obelisk was placed at the ...

The Bergen County Historical Society is planning a new museum at the site of one of Gen. George Washington’s most important ...

On December 14, 1799, about two and a half years into George Washington's retirement, three doctors were called to the ex-president’s house to treat him for a severe sore throat.

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.

Now a museum, this 18th-century plantation house (also known as Bush Hill House) was the base for George Washington and his sick half-brother Lawrence (who had tuberculosis) for two months in 1751.

The United States began celebrating its first president when he was still a general. Nearly 300 years since George Washington’s birth, the holiday has morphed into a celebration of the presidency.

The presidential office was first envisioned to be more like a clerk's job, and in its earliest incarnation, it was almost unseemly to be perceived as campaigning for the office, historians tell NPR.

George R.R. Martin published a blog post Wednesday that criticized the HBO series “House of the Dragon” and its showrunner, saying the series has started to stray too far from the novelist’s ...

White House Documentary; Teacher Resources ; 1. Life Facts. Birth Date February 22, 1732; Death Date December 14, 1799; ... George Washington died two days later at age 67.

The Carver Trail is a 1-mile self-guided trail that includes the birth site of George Washington Carver, the Boy Carver ...

Statue of George Washington Tetra Images / Getty Images The dawn of American democracy didn’t take place in 1776, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence.