Thus was greatness once again thrust upon George Washington. Any student of Washington’s life might have predicted that he would acknowledge his election in a short, self-effacing speech full of ...

Mount Vernon is marking a major anniversary with a reenactment and the ribbon cutting of a new feature on Sunday in Virginia.

His father, Augustine, is a plantation owner who dies when George is 11. June 15, 1775 Having served with distinction in the French and Indian War, Washington is appointed as commander-in-chief of ...

Though they worked in close proximity for years, Alexander Hamilton and George Washington ... conditioned his acceptance on Hamilton's being appointed second-in-command. Washington's death ...