Feb. 19—On Monday the United States of America celebrates an amalgamated holiday. Presidents Day straddles the former celebrations of the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln on Feb. 12 and George Washington ...

A prophetic father of his country, President George Washington issued his Farewell Address as he approached the end of his second term in office on this day in history, Sept. 19, 1796. He triumphantly ...

Ona Judge, the formerly enslaved woman who dared to run away from George Washington, is immortalized on the 230-year ...

On the observance of President George Washington’s February birthday, Sen. Rob Portman delivered Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address on the Senate floor. Hopefully, the senator and his GOP colleagues ...

It used to be one of the most widely read political documents in the country, but President George Washington’s farewell address has now become largely forgotten by the public. With the help of James ...

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