Alexandria's George Washington Birthday Parade is on the same day as the 250th anniversary of the American Revolutionary War.

In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...

During the Revolutionary War, conditions were dismal for American colonists. Against heavy odds ... Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed ...

Presentations, crafts and tours related to Washington and the diverse range of people he interacted with will take place Feb. 15-17.

Aaron Burr, who served briefly on his staff during the Revolution, considered George Washington a second-rate general. Alexander Hamilton, on the other hand, admired him and stood by his side as ...

While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution ... and hundreds more served on the sea. Had George Washington been less ambivalent, more blacks might have participated ...

If George Washington’s audacity on January 3, 1777, had not reversed the patriots’ retreat and routed the advancing British, the American Revolution might have been extinguished. Yet such is ...

George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

Rarely on display because it’s so fragile, Mount Vernon is hosting a special public viewing of President George Washington ... Before the American Revolution, colonists had to ship raw material ...