Unquestionably it was a foundational document for America, calling for unity against Great Britain in the struggle for ...

The early ticket sales are being marketed as a way for diehard Angel fans to ensure that the film opens in as many theaters ...

The federal government recognized June as Pride Month under three Democratic presidents. Two Republican presidents did not recognize it.

Washington’s statue replaced an earlier marble monument lost in the Capitol fire of 1831 and came as North and South were dividing in the United States ...

This statue of George Washington stands in front of Federal Hall in New York City. | AndreaAstes/iStock via Getty Images Before he became president, George Washington served as commander-in-chief ...

Plaque denoting the history of the Washington Elm’s journey to Nevada on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington in 1932.

NORFOLK, Va. — Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, not a king.

George Washington held the first presidential inauguration in U.S. history at Federal Hall in New York City on April 30, 1789.

As the nation approached bicentennial celebrations of George Washington's birth in 1932, Mrs. Dorsey sent these "grandchildren" of the Washington Elm to vital historical sites across the United States ...

As Washington described to the nation how he intended in his retirement to enjoy “the benign influence of good Laws under a free Government,” he was also writing to his agent with instructions ...

George Washington stood on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City on April 30, 1789, and took the oath of office, as the first President of the United States.