This weekend, we celebrate the birthday of the author of that victory, Gen. George Washington, born in Virginia on Feb. 22, 1732. He never went to college, dropping out at 15 to tend to the family ...

All over the country, cities and towns are going all out for next year’s semiquincentennial party. Here are our 9 picks for ...

On the eve of his 293rd birthday, George Washington got his Springfield party Friday afternoon, as members of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Mayor Domenic J. Sarno gathered at the ...

Waterfront Park and Bay Street were packed with residents dressed to the nines to see a special visitor who was greeted by ...

Medical students across the country found out where their residencies will be Friday morning, determining the immediate ...

As an 18th-century military man, George Washington would have felt undressed without his sword. It is there but not on his hip. It hangs from the outside of the fasces, just out of his reach.

Dubai, Singapore, Australia, the U.S. and more all celebrate the saint. "Irish people made a point of welcoming non-Irish people to St. Patrick's Day," McMahon explained. Even George Washington ...

On March 14, math classes across the country will celebrate Pi Day—a national holiday in honor of the mathematical constant ...

George Washington was born on Feb. 22, in 1732, so to celebrate let’s talk about his plan to honor the weary troops that fought the Revolutionary War. In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was ...

The president, who has flirted with regal rhetoric, wants a historic copy of America’s founding document placed in the Oval ...

The celebration lurks just 17 months away, yet, Trenton, home to the Battle of Trenton, where General George Washington claimed a pivotal revolution victory, appears unprepared for the monumental ...