The 90-degree turn to navigate around the bridge towers is been replaced ... The $2 billion project to restore and rehabilitate the George Washington Bridge hit a historic milestone when the last of ...

WASHINGTON—Congress didn’t make George Washington’s birthday a federal holiday until 80 years after his death. The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated nearly three score after the Gettysburg Address.

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 ...