(THE CONVERSATION) The best presidents – including figures such as Abraham Lincoln and George Washington – are celebrated not only as good leaders, but as good men. They embody not simply political ...

While tales of his copping to chopping a cherry tree were just lore, the nation’s first president did partake of this cherry drink.

Many people are often left wondering what the United States’ Founding Fathers would think of the country today.

New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 incident that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped his views on the battles yet to come As a 26-year-old colonel, Washington ...