General George Washington rode into Cambridge, Massachusetts, to lead an army of 16,000. These men, Washington announced, ...

Being a Virginian made Washington a symbol of the Continental Congress’s effort to show that beleaguered Boston was not alone ...

Unquestionably it was a foundational document for America, calling for unity against Great Britain in the struggle for ...

General and President George Washington was a man of the 18th century in great ways and bad, as he led the colonies to victory while also owning (and likely bedding) enslaved women.

The rank of five-star general is an honor bestowed upon very few. In fact, you can name them on one hand: George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Henry “Hap” Arnold, and ...

General George Washington gave a final goodbye to his soldiers at the close of the Revolutionary War on this day in history, Dec. 4, 1783, at the historic Lower Manhattan tavern.