With one of the nation’s most famous immigrants watching, more than 100 people from 95 countries took the oath of allegiance ...

George Washington purchased land bounties near Cincinnati that were given to soldiers for their service in the American Revolution.

When George Washington, from Virginia, arrived in Cambridge 250 years ago, one of the first things he did was talk to his ...

John Hancock was once one of the wealthiest merchants in New England and among the most popular and well-respected figures of ...

Washington had the requisite charisma and leadership abilities, but he was also chosen because he didn’t crave the job. As ...

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

The first true commander-in-chief of the armed forces to lead the Revolutionary War was not, as many believe, George ...

The founders didn’t foresee flight — but they knew a throne when they saw one. And to this George Washington scholar, Qatar’s $400 million jet gift to President Donald Trump reads like a ...

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President Trump boasted of his accomplishments in his first 43 days in office, comparing the start of his presidency to George Washington's and blasting egg prices under President Biden.

In 1787, General George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention with sphinx-like inscrutability. He betrayed not a flicker of emotion as the architects of a new nation wrangled over ...