Any worthwhile list of Pantheon-level American icons must include men like John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. In their day, those great men sometimes quarreled and ...

Above all, Washington was a farmer. On his Mount Vernon estate, in northern Virginia, he grew tobacco and wheat and operated a gristmill. After his second term as president, he built a profitable ...

One of the most important, following the example of George Washington — who, once he left office, went back to Mount Vernon and was never heard from again — is that former presidents sit on ...

Finding an abundance of sugar maples, he sent for fellow Quaker Samuel ... under the Constitution who was appointed by President George Washington. (Michael Hillegas was appointed treasurer ...

President Trump boasted of his accomplishments in his first 43 days in office, comparing the start of his presidency to George Washington's and blasting egg prices under President Biden.

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

White House Historical Association Chief Education Officer Matthew Costello talked about the Constitutional foundations of the American presidency.

George Washington, succumbs to the temptation of infinite power. The new King is born and his reign leaves no one untouched. To return freedom to the land our new hero must dethrone a tyrant he ...

The fearsome heavyweight, who lost the “Rumble in the Jungle” to Ali before his inspiring second act as a surprising champion and a successful businessman, died Friday night. Foreman was 76. Foreman’s ...