The first president realized that working with Congress – not alone or against it – was the best way to actually create an ...

His father, Augustine, is a plantation owner who dies when George is 11 ... colonies to independence, Washington found himself again on the battlefront as the new nation began to form itself.

On the first Monday in March, Pulaski Day festivities at Chicago's Polish Museum of America honored the "Father of American ... In the optimistic missive, Washington extols the revolutionary ...

A statue of George Washington was put on display in the Florida Capitol on Thursday as part of the state’s celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary of its founding, to take place next year.

George was only 11 years old when his father died. Upon his father’s death ... as Washington’s former comrades in arms insisted that only he could forge a nation. Washington won the presidency by ...

A statue of George Washington is on display at the Florida Capitol for the state's celebration of America's 250th anniversary. The statue is on loan from George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate ...