George Washington, who led America through the Revolution and became its first president, might well have remained a Virginia farmer if the policies of King George III of England had not intervened.

George Washington occasionally gave his slaves leave to attend special sporting events. In the fall of 1786, for example, he permitted them to go into Alexandria to attend the horse races, ...

GEORGE WASHINGTON, for all his fame, is one of the least known and even less understood American presidents or Revolutionary War figures. Richard Brookhiser, a senior editor of National Review ...

There continue to be ways to look with fresh eyes at our founding-est founding father. By Alexis Coe Ms. Coe is the author of “You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington ...