In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...

That famous description of George Washington by his friend ... Resigning his commission, he enthusiastically took up the life of a Virginia planter. Washington had been renting a family farm ...

Of course, this meant an early morning for anyone trying to ... Toward the end of George Washington's life, farm manager James Anderson tightened the privilege a bit by requiring that slaves ...

George Washington University, a private institution, has been offering online bachelor's degree programs since before 2000-2001. All of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can ...

Early in life, he wanted to be a Supreme ... near the Cuney Homes complex where George Floyd grew up. (Joshua Lott for The Washington Post) School desegregation didn’t begin in Houston until ...

1934-1956 Professor, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. During the early years in Washington he collaboratedwith Edward Teller on the theory of beta-decay, and formulated the so-called ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...

When George Washington was a boy ... The tale is probably apocryphal and created by Washington’s early biographer, Mason Locke Weems. But, Washington, after whom the nation’s capital was ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

George Washington’s 1789 inauguration suit coat is now on display at Mount Vernon. Our first President was intentional with his details: the domestically produced wool suit was meant to promote ...

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural ... cloth,” in what amounts to a very early example of the “shop local” movement. Mr. Washington was persuaded to forego the finer ...