George Washington was born on Feb. 22, in 1732, so to celebrate let’s talk about his plan to honor the weary troops that fought the Revolutionary War. In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was ...

Progressive Washington state lawmakers have introduced a bill that could remove George Washington from the state flag. House Bill 1938 aims to create a committee that will design a new state flag ...

In the Trustees’ Room of the Boston Athenaeum, around 230 books once belonging to President George Washington rest in a glass and wooden bookcase. Among the volumes: Masonic sermons, agricultural ...

It seemed like a huge loss for the American forces under Gen. George Washington, who had been leading the battle for independence from Britain for almost two years. But on May 7, Washington wrote ...

In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences from his Farewell Address. I’d largely forgotten about them—the final address contains enough wisdom to fill volumes—until ...

‘General George Washington Resigning His Commission,’ an 1824 portrait by John Trumbull in the U.S. Capitol (photo: Public domain) Thomas Griffin Blogs February 17, 2025 In the summer of 1783 ...

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project.