Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

During the Revolutionary War, conditions ... could forge a nation. Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first ...

"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” That famous description of George Washington by his friend and fellow patriot Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee is ...

George Washington ... Another thorn in Washington’s side was the Spanish right of deposit in the port of New Orleans, LA, which, since 1763, had been part of the Spanish empire. Major Acts To avoid ...

George Washington’s Inauguration Day suit. Photo courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Henry Knox, the nation’s first Secretary of War, had to personally help ensure the delivery of the ...

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat ... It was last shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute as part of an exhibition in 2022, and according to Mr ...