(THE CONVERSATION) The best presidents – including figures such as Abraham Lincoln and George Washington – are celebrated not only as good leaders, but as good men. They embody not simply political ...

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 ...

The United States began celebrating its first president when he was still a general. Nearly 300 years since George Washington’s ... this will be good for business. They didn’t sugarcoat ...

America’s first president, that felt most deliberate. “George Washington showed us presidents are not kings,” he said, later ...