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.

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 cherry tree incident. Historians and scientists confirm that Augustine’s ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.