As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military ...

He concluded, he later wrote, that the troops were “ exceeding dirty & nasty people ” led by indifferent officers with an “ ...

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.

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.

The Washington Elm, where legend has it, George Washington took command of the Continental Army on July 3, 1775, in Cambridge, Massachusetts*, serves in the collective memory of the United States as ...

George, Washington only U.S. city with president’s full name, hosts annual events for July 4, President’s Day & giant, record-setting pie.

George Washington Slept Here A great and good man, but bringing him to life in a debunking age is a hard row to hoe ...

Though rarely honored these days exactly on Feb. 22, his actual birth date, “Presidents Day” is actually still Washington’s Birthday officially.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's office recently said it was going to remove a statue of George Washington on the fifth floor of City Hall near the Mayor's Office—only to reverse ...

What is Presidents Day? Officially known as Washington's Birthday, the first federal holiday of the year was originally meant to honor the country's first president, George Washington.

Late in 1800, a year after George Washington's death, Letty, a young mulatto woman who lived at Muddy Hole Farm, gave birth to a little girl she called "Nila." ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration had planned to remove the George Washington statue from outside the mayor’s office, his spokesman confirmed Tuesday while hinting at instead honoring a ...