In the optimistic missive, Washington extols the revolutionary spirit of the American people—even in defeat—and makes a rare ...
George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. And yet the nation is once again commemorating the first U.S. president on Monday.
A letter written by George Washington in 1777 that is valued at $150,000 is up for sale this Presidents Day. The letter, ...
Justice. Mercy. Charity. Humility: This is Micah 6:8. It sounds as if Washington is writing a sermon, not a letter to ...
James Madison University professor Rebecca Brannon studies age and the American Revolution. She says her students are often ...
Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...
From the editorial: "In Duluth, our annual community (commemoration) could be held at the Harrison Community Center, named ...
As we celebrate Presidents Day, we struggle to remember who George Washington was. That kind of national amnesia isn’t ...
On April 26, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a large British raiding party attacked the American supply depot at Danbury, ...
Mary Washington helped her son develop into the leader he became. While her son was the subject of several portrait artists, ...
Washington’s birthday – also lovingly called Presidents’ Day – a holiday where mattresses are somehow as celebrated as ...