The statue was unveiled Thursday to spark "early interest" in the United States' upcoming 250th anniversary of independence ...

In 1848, the Boston Athenaeum acquired more than 300 volumes from the famed Virginian's collection of books. They nearly ...

The origins of Presidents Day lie in salutes to George Washington's Feb. 22 birthday, some highly ceremonial and others ...

His loyalties were to his nation and its young and fragile Constitution. Eventually, he put meaning to those loyalties by voluntarily choosing not to run for a third term. That set a precedent ...

Washington was a man for the ages. Born a Virginia aristocrat, he carefully cultivated his virtues — self-control, moderation ...

In Alabama, Washington shares the spotlight with friend-turned-rival Thomas Jefferson, the nation’s third president and ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Top officials at the World Health Organization met with diplomats from its member countries to map out a ...

Inflatable rescue boats were launched into the Potomac River from a point along the George Washington Parkway, just north of the airport. President Donald Trump said he had been “fully briefed ...

29 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1820, 10 years after mental illness forced him to retire from public life, Britain's King George III ... Saudi Arabia between Washington and the Kremlin.

U.S. President Donald Trump signs documents as he issues executive orders and pardons for January 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, U.S ...

Nominated for top positions by Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush ... and defended Daniel Ellsberg for leaking the Pentagon Papers, which detailed how the U.S. government lied to Americans ...