In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was winding down and peace talks were happening in Paris, Gen. George Washington came up ...

On the eve of his 293rd birthday, George Washington got his Springfield party Friday afternoon, as members of the Daughters ...

Our nation’s first president was also a farmer and he believed in being a good steward in a different era, Dave Bergmeier writes.

As part of those celebrations in Florida, statues of other Founding Fathers are planned to be shown in counties named after ...

When George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States in 1789 in New York, William Maclay, one of the founders of Sunbury, took part in the ...

After taking measurements of the 200-year-old suit, Philip De Paola assembled a mock-up, or toile, in muslin and then ...

Presidents Day, observed on the third Monday of February, honors all former US presidents, especially George Washington and ...

On Presidents Day, Boston offers a wish that our 47th president might learn from the examples of our 1st and 16th presidents.

Mary Washington helped her son develop into the leader he became. While her son was the subject of several portrait artists, ...

Washington’s Birthday has been largely forgotten as a distinct celebration, but its commemoration in Civil War-era Cambridge ...

New Jersey backed George Washington twice. Washington received all six of the state’s electoral votes in 1789.  New Jersey gave six of their votes for ...