There's never been a better year to visit Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site that marked the end of the ...

More than two centuries before the coronavirus pandemic, Operation Warp Speed and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army made a bold move. Not on the ...

The political magazine was founded in 1995 and closed six years later. Now it’s back, and telling a different kind of story.

Sign up for The Unfinished Revolution, our newsletter course in which Atlantic writers and editors explore 250 years of the American experiment. In 1796, in the waning months of his presidency, George ...

Know who George Washington was, America's first president from 1789-1797. Read about his humble early life, leadership in the Revolution, presidency highlights, and surprising facts. George Washington ...

The 43rd president of the United States launched his blog on the site Feb. 16 with a 1,500-word tribute to another George: President George Washington. “Few qualities have inspired me more than ...

Today, our Nation honors President George Washington, our foremost American hero, the face of the American Revolution, and a champion of American liberty. On President Washington’s Birthday, ...

Every American knows about George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, but what about John Hanson, Elias Boudinot and Thomas Mifflin? Some historians point to the latter three as the country’s ...

BOSTON (AP) — 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. The Siege of Boston was ...

BOSTON (AP) — 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. The Siege of Boston was ...

As we celebrate George Washington's 294th birthday, a more pressing question emerges: Do we still need to honor and learn from America’s first president? In an age of partisan division and global ...

Though rarely honored these days exactly on Feb. 22, his actual birth date, “Presidents’ Day” is officially still Washington’s birthday. And that’s entirely right and proper, as our first chief ...