The United States began celebrating its first president when he was still a general. Nearly 300 years since George Washington’s birth, the holiday has morphed into a celebration of the presidency.

General Howe was forced to take these strategic ... himself after everything that his mother was not. Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at Popes Creek, Westmoreland County ...

In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental ... Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) General Washington, who had survived smallpox as a young man ...

George Washington at the Battle of Princeton ... is the earliest known portrait of the Revolutionary War general. Peale’s artistic practice was often fused with politics. While serving in ...

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 ...

George Washington was the first president of the U.S. and an American Revolutionary War general, according to George Washington's Mount Vernon. Washington was born Feb. 22, 1732, and died Dec. 14, ...