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 ...

(WHSV) - On December 23, 1783, George Washington resigned as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. This came after ...

On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington woke early. Assisted by his enslaved valets – William “Billy” Lee and the young Christopher Sheels – he powdered his hair, put on his favorite black ...

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 ...

A historic portrait of George Washington is being auctioned off next month. It's among the paintings that inspired the first president's image on the $1 bill, and it has a colorful past.

Though humans have likely lived alongside dinosaur fossils for millennia, a fossilized dinosaur bone was first described in 1842 – more than 40 years after the death of George Washington. That George ...

Archeologists at George Washington’s historic Virginia home have unearthed more than two dozen bottles of cherries and berries dating back to the 18th century in a particularly juicy find. Officials ...

Visiting Mount Vernon could be seen as a right of passage for Americans. Be it on your eighth-grade field trip or as a curious adult, touring the home of our nation’s first president is an experience ...

George Washington – commander of the Continental Army, first President of the United States, face of the dollar bill and the headstrong revolutionary who defeated an empire to build a nation.