On February 4, 1789, the 69 members of the Electoral College made George Washington ... By the next morning, Washington had grown tired of the jubilation. When the light horse cavalry showed ...

That famous description of George Washington by his friend and fellow patriot Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee is ... the royal governor and assumed, as did most of his landed countrymen, that ...

George Washington was the first president of the US. He's widely-regarded as the father of the country. Here's a look at the typical schedule he stuck to when he was at his Mount Vernon plantation.