Mason Locke Weems’s biography of George Washington became the most widely read 19th century book about the Revolutionary War and its celebrated hero. Weems recounted many familiar anecdotes about ...

In a surprising turn of events, archaeologists working on a major revitalization project at Mount Vernon stumbled upon two ...

13 Many of the enslaved people who worked in the president’s houses in New York went with Washington to Philadelphia. Moll was one example. She was born around 1739 and worked for Martha most of her ...

At Oak Street school, Prof. George W. Alloway gave a splendid talk on ‘Washington and His Life,’ incidentally telling of some personal experiences at Mt. Vernon, Alexandria, and other places ...

McKenna achieved fame as high school principal, but worked tirelessly long after. Despite her sometimes polarizing persona, ...

The California African American Museum in Los Angeles hopes to change that limited understanding with its current exhibition, ...

Alexis Coe is the New York Times bestselling author of You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington. While far less famous than the coalition that met in 1775, this group of ...

Washington was now tired and wanted only a quiet life, but his peers knew that his leadership and charisma were unsurpassed ... Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, ...

George Washington University, a private institution, has been offering online bachelor's degree programs since before 2000-2001. All of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can ...

George Washington was Commanding General of the American Continental Army during their War of Independence (1776-1781). He was President of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and from 1789 to 1796 ...

Derek Myers, 55, the police chief of Prince George’s Community College, was arrested after police said he caused a crash that ...