Why George Washington’s Farewell Address has never been more important As Washington departed the presidency, he left us a striking warning about how a dangerous demagogue might rise ...

On September 19, 1796, a Philadelphia newspaper published one of the greatest documents in American history: George Washington’s Farewell Address.

President George Washington’s Farewell Address was not really an address. Nor was it really a true farewell. The message was printed in a Philadelphia newspaper on September 19, 1796, more than ...

As the United States inaugurates Joseph R. Biden as our 46th president, we look to the prescient words of President George Washington’s Farewell Address.

Washington’s America, much like today, was a nation divided by regional differences and sectional interests. ... On September 19, 1796, George Washington published his Farewell Address.

Senator Shaheen (D-NH) read George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address. The reading is done annually in the Senate.

It used to be one of the most widely read political documents in the country, but President George Washington’s farewell address has now become largely forgotten by the public.

On George Washington’s birthday, his farewell address unites a divided Senate. The annual reading of the Founder’s nonpartisan speech began in violently partisan times and continues in them today.

George Washington’s Farewell Address: An apt message for our own polarized time Journal Sentinel staff As he neared the end of his second term in office, the father of his country decided the ...

Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., will follow a Senate tradition when the Senate meets again next week. The first order of business is for Fischer to read George Washington’s Farewell Address aloud on ...

George Washington’s farewell address was a 6,000-word warning to future generations, cautioning the American people to beware fundamental threats to democracy: excessive debt, foreign ...

On September 19, 1796, a Philadelphia newspaper published one of the greatest documents in American history: George Washington’s Farewell Address. Even today, some people in that other ...