The Bergen County Historical Society is planning a new museum at the site of one of Gen. George Washington’s most important ...

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 ...

George Washington’s Mount Vernon home was saved from disrepair. Today, George Washington's former home of Mount Vernon is a popular tourist attraction in Virginia. | BackyardProduction/iStock ...

Former president George H.W. Bush died Nov. 30, 2018. Here's a look at his life, family and legacy in Texas.

The story of Presidents’ Day date begins in 1800. Following President George Washington’s death in 1799, his February 22 birthday became a perennial day of remembrance.

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.

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.

George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor, sometimes known as the “Peanut Man”. In the early 1900s, he developed hundreds of products using peanuts, soya ...

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’s Farewell to the Nation Marked the Birth of American Democracy In 1796, the first president voluntarily left office, cementing the significance of a lofty ideal for his young ...

Too often, women are judged solely through a biological lens. Our value, our ability to contribute meaningfully to society, is reduced to our ability to reproduce.