There are a couple of things that most Americans know about George Washington: he fought in the Revolutionary War, he was the ...

Among qualities George Washington’s contemporaries most liked about him was he was not eager for power, a contrast with ...

George Washington served as the first president of the United States from age 57 in 1789 to age 65 in 1797, but before that, he was known for his military leadership during the French and Indian ...

Thompson, a research specialist at Mt. Vernon, studies the domestic life, foodways, and religious practices of the residents of George Washington's plantation, with a special interest in the slave ...

Among the long-standing myths surrounding the first president of the United States, George Washington, is that he wore false teeth made out of wood. Though the evidence unambiguously confirms that ...

Last November, during a symposium at Mount Vernon on democracy, John Kelly, the retired Marine Corps general who served as Donald Trump’s second chief of staff, spoke about George Washington’s ...

This Monday, take a few moments to think about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We used to observe individual dates devoted to both of those famous presidents who remain among the most ...

The Presidents Day holiday was observed this week for the three-day weekend, but the actual birthday of George Washington, namesake of The Evergreen State, is Feb. 22. It has become something of a ...

Two flags that were flown over President George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate in Virginia on June 1, 2025, now fly proudly ...