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

Contrast that with the “big, beautiful” spending bill being steered through Congress by today’s career politicians, who ...

George Washington was an American military commander, statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. He was the commanding general of the Continental Army during the ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia. His father, Augustine, is a plantation owner who dies when George is 11. June 15, 1775 ...

Being a Virginian made Washington a symbol of the Continental Congress’s effort to show that beleaguered Boston was not alone ...

Surveys have shown that George Washington is remembered by most as a soldier and statesman. Few recollect that he was also a farmer-businessman, and fewer still think of him as a slaveowner. This ...

On this anniversary of George Washington’s birth, it is worth looking back at what historians have observed about his leadership. Although he wasn’t perfect, as no man or woman is, there is ...

As the former commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, Washington was reportedly careful about addressing his support for creating a standing army. President George ...

George Washington's final years 07:07. ... Washington was named commander in chief of the new army, even though, according to the Constitution, that title belonged to President John Adams.

There’s a famous story about George Washington and King George III at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783. As commander in chief of the Continental Army, Washington had led his troops to an ...

George Washington hangs above the hearth in the Portrait Room in Beekman Arms. He slept here in the 18th century when it was called the Bogardus Tavern.