For the rest of his life, George Washington would remember the chaos and tragedy of November 12, 1758. At 26, he was the colonel commanding the Virginia Regiment, a British subject fighting for his ...

A 22-year-old George Washington's 1754 military mission in Pennsylvania sparked the French and Indian War. Washington's inexperience led to a controversial skirmish known as the Jumonville affair, ...

Sunday marks the 295th birthday of George Washington, the first president of the United States. While endless volumes have ...

More than a decade before he became the country’s first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution ...

New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 incident that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped his views on the battles yet to come As a 26-year-old colonel, Washington ...