George Washington served as the first president of the United States from age 57 ... Washington suffered his first high-profile military defeat after he was forced to surrender Fort Necessity to ...

DNA analysis of unmarked remains has shed light on a long-standing mystery surrounding the fates of President George Washington’s younger brother Samuel and his kin.

Glenn Youngkin and United Kingdom leaders rededicated a statue of George Washington in London's famous Trafalgar Square. The ...

From George Washington to Donald Trump, here's a profile of the 47 presidents of the United States. Who was the youngest US president? Which leader served 32 days in office?

The Custis children’s names were absent for good reason: They were not blood-related to George Washington at all. They would appear on a separate family tree only for the Custis family, into ...

This week, George Washington’s 291st birthday will be celebrated by tiny numbers of Americans. That did not used to be the case. For most of our history, Washington’s birthday was a big deal ...

America’s first president George Washington addressed the assembled Congress with the first State of the Union on this day in history, Jan. 8, 1780. Washington’s address took place at Federal ...

From George Washington to now: Presidency and campaigns explained The presidential office was first envisioned to be more like a clerk's job, and in its earliest incarnation, ...

Buried in unmarked graves. Samuel Washington, more than two years younger than George, died in 1781 and was buried in the cemetery at his Harewood estate near Charles Town, West Virginia.