George Washington’s Farewell Address is one of the most famous speeches (actually, an address published in the newspapers) in American history. It is usually remembered for its warnings against ...

While many might think of James Madison as the father of the Constitution, George Washington is the man who made it all possible. Read more.

A letter on God and the Constitution written by George Washington is up for sale after spending decades in a private collection. The letter to Richard Peters, speaker of the Pennsylvania House, is ...

A seven-page letter signed by George Washington, urging a Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress to help ratify the Constitution, fetched just under $1.5 million at an auction Friday ...

A book owned by George Washington and containing his own annotated copy of the Constitution sold for almost $10 million at Christie’s Friday, more than three times what it had been expected t… ...

George Washington's 223-year-old copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights are expected to go for bids of $2 million to $3 million at auction next week.

In 1787, General George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention with sphinx-like inscrutability. He betrayed not a flicker of emotion as the architects of a new nation wrangled over ...

In August 1790, America was a new nation with a new constitution and a new government, ... George Washington receives the news that he was elected the United States' first president, in 1789.

George Washington Said, 'If Freedom of Speech Is Taken Away, Then Dumb and Silent We May Be Led'? ... National Constitution Center – Constitutioncenter.Org, https: ...

Brush up on the Constitution: Why American presidents are limited to two terms in office After George Washington was elected the first U.S. president, he decided that two terms was enough.