Historian and author, John Garrison Marks, discusses George Washington's relationship with slavery in light of exhibits about ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino (THE CONVERSATION) Foreign policy is usually ...
December 14 marked the anniversary of the death of General Washington, and it seems fitting to offer something rarely given to leaders once they are gone, not just praise for victory, but gratitude ...
George Washington’s image is reproduced millions of times each year on the $1 bill. Now, a portrait by artist Gilbert Stuart that inspired the engraving is heading to auction at Christie’s, where it’s ...
File photo: John Godzieba, as Gen. George Washington, second right, stands in a boat during a reenactment of Washington's daring Christmas 1776 crossing of the Delaware River in Washington Crossing, ...
The image is so familiar that it often goes unnoticed: the powdered hair, the ruffled shirt, the stoic smile. George Washington’s rendering on the $1 bill may be the most widely distributed portrait ...
After two years of renovations, the first and second floors of George and Martha Washington’s mansion at Mount Vernon have reopened to visitors. The $40 million preservation project at the first ...
The IAEA in collaboration with George Washington University Law School is launching a Summer School on the international legal frameworks for the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear energy. This ...
George Washington retired from the Continental Army in front of his officers at a tavern in New York following the Revolutionary War. The address he gave was described as an emotional moment; everyone ...