On Feb. 22, we celebrate the birthday of our first president, George Washington. I like to take this occasion to reflect on ...
In the optimistic missive, Washington extols the revolutionary spirit of the American people—even in defeat—and makes a rare ...
George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. And yet the nation is once again commemorating the first U.S. president on Monday.
Before he became the president that carried America through the Civil War and emancipated the nation's slaves, Abraham ...
Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...
A new biography suggests that the eighth U.S. president, who was born in Kinderhook, deserves to be remembered — though not ...
This President’s Day is a good time to remember that Trump shares some of our past presidents’ worst qualities.
On April 26, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a large British raiding party attacked the American supply depot at Danbury, ...
Mary Washington helped her son develop into the leader he became. While her son was the subject of several portrait artists, ...
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