“Even in that early moment, Americans kind of conflated consumerism with patriotic memory,” said Bruggeman, whose books include “Here, George Washington Was Born: Memory, Material Culture, and the ...

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 ...

Above all, Washington was a farmer. On his Mount Vernon estate, in northern Virginia, he grew tobacco and wheat and operated a gristmill. After his second term as president, he built a profitable ...

The holiday, which is celebrated annually on the third Monday of February, commemorates the births of two great United States presidents — George Washington (born on Feb. 22) and Abraham Lincoln ...

George Washington. According to the then-used Julian calendar, Washington was born in Virginia on Feb. 11, 1731. In 1752, however, Britain and all its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar ...