In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental ... Twenty years later, in 1796, Edward Jenner determined that inoculation with cowpox, a far milder virus, conferred equally powerful ...

George was the eldest son of Augustine’s ... among themselves over America’s character and future. Finally, in 1796, Washington refused to continue into a third term. This granted him barely ...

Washington in 1783 voluntarily resigned as commander in chief of the Continental Army, and then in 1796 he said farewell ... appeared on Palm Beach Post: George Washington's message to us, on ...

Now, experts in Versailles are bringing it back in line with the artist's original intent Sonja Anderson In 1796, the first president voluntarily left office, cementing the significance of a lofty ...

George Washington was coming to the end of his second presidential term and had already decided he would not run for a third term. On Sept. 19, 1796, he released his now famous farewell address. He ...

As a member of the Federalist Party, Adams decided to run for the presidency. He lost and became Vice-president to George Washington during both terms (1789-1792) (1793-1796). In 1796, he decided to ...

George Washington specifically warned against “the baneful effects of the spirit of party” in his farewell address in 1796. Yet no sooner did Washington retire from office than political ...