The U.S. president may be referred to as the most powerful person in the world now, but that wasn't what the Founding Fathers intended. In fact, when the United States was born, they didn't really ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children and families got to make cards for George Washington to celebrate his birthday, and Presidents' Day. They were joined by ...

It’s hard to imagine that the fate of the American cause would rest so heavily in the hands of a tailor, an enslaved double agent—or a judge’s wife who sent surreptitious signals on her laundry line.

George Washington was born in 1732 to a farm family in Westmoreland County, Virginia. His first direct military experience came as a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia colonial militia in 1754, when ...

While the future of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts plays out in the courts, WTOP is looking back on the art center’s past. This month marks 55 years since the Kennedy Center opened ...

Today, local children and families got to meet live impersonators at Valley Forge National Historical Park. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Children and families got to make cards for George ...