George Washington passed away in his and Martha's bedchamber. And, sadly, what a grim death it was, from a throat infection, easily cured with antibiotics today.

Dale Fellows, president of Morgan Litho in Cleveland, has recreated the life and legacy of one of the nation’s great leaders, George Washington, as the newest member of We Made History.

News; We the People: How the myths of George Washington’s life hold up mirror to many today May 8, 2022 Updated Fri., May 13, 2022 at 1:19 p.m. Grant Wood, an Iowa artist, painted this piece ...

One of the things we don't realize about Washington is that he was a very idealistic man. He was somebody who had very strong and firm personal, moral, and political principles, and he stuck to them.

Washington. A Life. Ron Chernow. Penguin Press: 906 pp., $40. On Dec. 14, 1799, an ominous, fog-like gloom hung over Mount Vernon. Sixty-seven-year-old George Washington was dying.

When George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States, he had only one original tooth left. It was “a lonely lower left bicuspid,” according to Ron Chernow’s vast ...

Many of George Washington's decisions during his long career were made only after careful readings of the existing cartographical materials. The Granger Collection, New York First in war. First in ...