The film chronicles the life of Washington Irving, the youngest of eleven children in a modest family, who became a prominent American writer. Despite a brief pursuit of law, Irving's natural ...

Mary V. 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 ...

We have George Washington and our founders—and Moses Seixas too—to thank for it. And two letters written on the same summer day back in 1791. Vince Benedetto is the founder and president of ...

The ‘father of our nation’ had a chat with fans of all ages last night. Re-enactor Curt Radabaugh brought George Washington ...

George Washington’s Runaway Slave, Harry. ... but at the end of his life the couple owned 317 slaves together. ... Washington’s personal servant, ...

They were later split among the president’s great-nephews. And one of those great-nephews, George Corbin Washington, was “always hard up for cash,” Buchtel noted. In 1848, George C. Washington sold ...