George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday in 2026, spend 2025 visiting these 12 Revolutionary War sites in New ...

Laura and Robert Dunne are parting ways with their beloved 18th-century home — a timber-frame house built in the 1770s by a soldier who fought under George Washington during the American Revolution.

While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution, choosing sides and deciding whether to fight in the war was far ... on the sea. Had George Washington been less ambivalent ...

During the Revolutionary War, conditions were dismal for American colonists ... Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under the ...

After defeating the world’s largest empire in the Revolutionary War, the newly-minted United ... In doing so, they unanimously elected George Washington to be the first U.S. president. Upon hearing ...

The National Archives is looking for volunteers with the “superpower” of reading cursive to transcribe some 2 million pages ...

There’s a historic myth that George Washington rejected an offer to serve as king instead of president for leading the ...

The new Apple TV+ historical drama Franklin chronicles Benjamin Franklin's time in France during the Revolutionary War, during which he sought help for George Washington's beleaguered Continental ...

There’s a historic myth that George Washington rejected an offer to serve as king instead of president for leading the ...