and those who visit Independence Hall can see surviving copies of the documents. Visitors can also see the Assembly Room where George Washington was appointed commander in chief of the Continental ...

The grand events and oft-told tales of the American Revolution are easy to find among sprawling reverent battlefields and national parks. George Washington's Mount Vernon in Virginia, Independence ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... Washington oversees the signing of the Constitution at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. Two years later ...

This 2,080-pound piece of history was once mounted in the belfry of Independence Hall ... with repairing the bell in anticipation of George Washington's birthday in 1846, but the repair was ...

When George Washington became the first president of ... He led the nation through a bloody war for independence, stood firm watch over the Constitutional Convention of 1787, then assembled ...

Twelve of the last 14 presidents visited Philadelphia’s Independence Hall during their political ... temperatures in the Washington area dipped to record lows. The inauguration and some related ...