George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

which was part of Washington's dining marquee during the Revolutionary War, is now on display at a museum in Philadelphia ...

That famous description of George Washington by his friend and fellow patriot Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee is probably still the best summation of the man who, over a hard but resolute ...

Last November, during a symposium at Mount Vernon on democracy, John Kelly, the retired Marine Corps general who served as Donald Trump’s second chief of staff, spoke about George Washington’s ...

(Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute) The so-called welfare queen is among the most potent ... Anne Kim is a contributing editor of Washington Monthly and a senior fellow at FutureEd.

George Will writes a twice-weekly column on politics and domestic and foreign affairs. He began his column with The Post in 1974, and he received the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1977.

George Washington University’s police chief, James Tate, has resigned, days after being placed on leave amid allegations that the university’s police department made numerous errors in the process of ...

The 5-2 Washington Commanders and 4-2 Chicago Bears meet at Northwest Stadium on Sunday. Here’s everything you need to know.

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George Washington led his own fight for independence in America. Washington was born on ...

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