In May 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a brigadier general anxiously wrote George Washington a letter about a British ...

George Washington, who had been leading the battle for independence from Britain for almost two years. But on May 7, Washington wrote a letter to a worried subordinate, saying the raid had not ...

When George Washington left office at the end of his second term, he left America with perhaps the most prescient lesson for the nation’s future on Sept. 19, 1796 in his famous farewell address ...

Here's a breakdown of how a day in the life of George Washington unfolded at Mount Vernon: In a letter to his grandson, Washington acknowledged that an early wake-up could be "irksome." ...

Dear Sir: I give you the trouble of this letter at the instance of Mr. Dalby ... The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, by John C. Fitzpatrick, ed.

In other words, he is behaving as presidents do. Many people ask, “What in the world is going on in Washington, D.C.?” My response is simple: Congress has gone to sleep and the president is ...