Washington’s Birthday is observed the third Monday of February in honor George Washington, the first President of the United States. This date is commonly called Presidents’ Day and many ...

The founding father’s statue has stood in Capitol Square downtown since 1857 but hasn’t had a fresh coat of lacquer in 43 ...

George Washington, who had been leading the battle ... The letter, more than 240 years old, is written on both sides of a single sheet of paper roughly 8 by 12 inches. It is stained and discolored ...

America’s first president George Washington addressed the assembled Congress with the first State of the Union on this day in history, Jan. 8, 1790. Washington’s address took place at Federal ...

George Washington spent the night here in 1790 ... the president made a sheet of paper. SPIER: How did we find out he never stayed here though? FABRICANT: First, we called Ms. Clarke, an archivist ...