A major restoration project is underway at George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Fairfax County, Virginia, in preparation for America’s 250th Birthday next year.

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.

D.C.’s mayor paraded through Barracks Row in a Washington Commanders jersey. A couple smiled while wearing red, white and ...

The U.S. naturalization ceremony at George Washington’s historic Mount Vernon estate included remarks by Arnold ...

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 ...

She has a profound love for Mount Vernons, plural. One, the home of Washington. The other, the small Ohio city where she was born, raised, worked, and still lives. Both MVs loom large in the life 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 ...