With further digging, I located a Washington descendant who had compiled just what I was looking for: a massive family tree that showed all the descendants of George Washington’s father.

Two weeks after George Washington’s death in December 1799, the American statesman Gouverneur Morris rose before a rapt crowd of mourners in New York and declared of the late first president ...

Lie? George is famous for his confession to his father, “I cannot tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet,” referring to the ...

While many might think of James Madison as the father of the Constitution, George Washington is the man who made it all possible. Read more.

The first true commander-in-chief of the armed forces to lead the Revolutionary War was not, as many believe, George ...

These are some talon-ted dads. Two superfly peregrine falcons were rightly perched on a pedestal this past Father’s Day for ...

After all, the issues go back to 1779 when George Washington ordered the destruction of the Iroquois villages. “Town Destroyer” will shed new light on our first president.

During the Mass of Priesthood Ordination at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on June 21, 2025 ...

Washington is the father of our country, and had it not been for him, we might have had a monarchy, the very thing that we fought to get rid of. So we know we're not going to change. Video ...

President George Washington issued his Farewell Address on this day in history, Sept. 19, 1796. He spoke proudly of the new nation but also warned of the dangers of party politics.

This week, George Washington’s 291st birthday will be celebrated by tiny numbers of Americans. That did not used to be the case. For most of our history, Washington’s birthday was a big deal ...