The 18th-century painting by Charles Willson Peale had previously been the subject of mismanaged restoration attempts. Now, experts in Versailles are bringing it back in line with the artist's origina ...

In the 1860s, two brothers from Connecticut endeavored to photograph veterans of the American Revolution who could have ...

Alexandria's George Washington Birthday Parade is on the same day as the 250th anniversary of the American Revolutionary War.

During the Revolutionary War, conditions ... could forge a nation. Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first ...

If George Washington’s audacity ... appraised value — from the invaluable Civil War Trust, which is expanding its preservation activities to Revolutionary War sites. In today’s academia ...

"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” That famous description of George Washington by his friend and fellow patriot Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee is ...