George Washington suffered severe teeth issues his entire life, and by the time he became president in 1789, he had just one ...
As part of those celebrations in Florida, statues of other Founding Fathers are planned to be shown in counties named after ...
Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...
In the optimistic missive, Washington extols the revolutionary spirit of the American people—even in defeat—and makes a rare ...
On April 26, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a large British raiding party attacked the American supply depot at Danbury, ...
In 1848, the Boston Athenaeum acquired more than 300 volumes from the famed Virginian's collection of books. They nearly ...
Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office ...
George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, not ...