Two important letters George Washington wrote in the middle of the Revolutionary War are being offered for sale through the ...

Talmage Boston “interviewed” George Washington and Thomas Jefferson at a Dallas event featuring historical interpreters.

Somerset County played a pivotal role in the American Revolution. Explore the sites where history was made.

Bush — pointing to Washington’s role as commander of the Continental Army and the lead up to his presidency during the ...

While Washington and the Continental Army struggled at Valley Forge, ambitious officers tried to oust him as commander-in-chief. In the winter of 1777-1778, the American Revolution faced one of its ...

John Garrison Marks, a historian and ​the author of Thy Will Be Done: George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory, had hoped that America’s anniversary would be an ...

The removal of a statue of one of Delaware’s signers of the Declaration of Independence — who was an enslaver — underscores ...

One British general, after seeing the rebel army in the colonies, was overheard saying, "with a thousand British grenadiers, he would undertake to go from one end of America to the other, and geld all ...

Martha and George Washington were married for 40 years, from Jan. 6, 1759, until George’s death on Dec. 14, 1799 ...

February 22 holds a special place in American history. It marks the birth of George Washington, the first US President. The ...

Jacob Francis, a free Black man from Amwell Township, fought in the Revolutionary War and overcame racism to become a ...

The rowhouse in Washington, DC, was built in 1794, but has some modern flourishes. See the historic home.