Two hundred and thirty-six years ago, in 1789,the Town of Chelsea, (now Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop), had a total population of 472 residents, with a majority of the population living in the Revere ...

From New York to Mount Vernon, 1782-1786. Retiring becomes him ; Reeling in the West ; To go or not to go -- To, from, and in Philadelphia, 1787. The center holds ; In his image ; "Little short of a ...

Curator Julie Miller provided a tour of the Library of Congress' "The Two Georges" exhibit, which examines the parallel lives of King George III and George Washington. In this clip, she provides an ...

"The introduction by C. Vann Woodward and the chapters from George Washington through Lyndon B. Johnson were originally published in the United States as Responses of the Presidents to Charges of ...

A new biography examines how 19th-century Americans remembered Mary Ball Washington, who raised the future president largely on her own after her husband’s death in 1743 Rebecca Brenner Graham - ...