Learn about the military and political careers of the Founding Father ahead of America 250.

It was over two centuries late, but a copy of a library book George Washington borrowed was returned yesterday to a New York library. The former president borrowed “The Law of Nations" by Emer de ...

"This book first appeared as part of volumes I and II of George Washington by Douglas Southall Freeman, published in 1948"--P. [4] of cover. siris_sil_545902 ...

A new biography examines how 19th-century Americans remembered Mary Ball Washington, who raised the future president largely on her own after her husband’s death in 1743 Rebecca Brenner Graham | ...

Archaeologists found the battlefield on private land a few miles away from Fort Ligonier in Pennsylvania. Jeff Kubina via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 Three decades before his election as the ...

Vol. 1-2. Young Washington -- Vol. 3. Planter and patriot -- Vol. 4. Leader of the revolution -- Vol. 5. Victory with the help of France -- Vol. 6. Patriot and president -- Vol. 7. First in peace / ...