Gilbert Stuart, Lansdowne portrait (George Washington), 1796. [Image: Wiki Commons] This precedent began as early as George Washington, who chose to be depicted in his civilian attire despite his ...

30 x 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm.) ...

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

George Washington’s Farewell Address was unlike Joe Biden's or Donald Trump's speeches. Religion, for Washington, was not a mere slogan. God was not someone to be remade in the image of his ...

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European royalty, will be on display at Mount Vernon. By Alexander Nazaryan Fashion ...

Feb. 4 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1789, George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first president of the United ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...

Inside it, National Park Ranger Ryan Ventura says is the actual stone where George Washington stood to take the oath of office to become president of the United States back on April 30 ...

But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else. He gave a speech. Every president since has followed his example and delivered an inaugural address as part of the ...

His facial expression in his newest presidential portrait is a stark contrast ... to the first president of the United States. Since George Washington's last year in office in 1797, the portraits ...

President Donald Trump‘s second Oval Office got its big debut Monday, including the return of an Andrew Jackson portrait and ... had selected paintings of George Washington for the office ...