In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences from his Farewell Address. I’d largely forgotten about them—the final address contains enough wisdom to fill volumes—until ...

In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences from his Farewell Address. I’d largely forgotten about them—the final address contains enough wisdom to fill volumes—until ...

On September 19, 1796, George Washington published an open letter to the American people. He had two messages in mind. The ...

George Washington’s Farewell Address warning against entangling alliances cast a long shadow. But from the nation’s beginnings, Americans have usually known whom to root for — those who seek ...

Let's take a closer look at the holiday and how it could impact you: Presidents Day began as an unofficial holiday to celebrate George ... the reading of Washington's farewell address in the ...

The origins of Presidents Day lie in salutes to George Washington's Feb. 22 birthday, some highly ceremonial and others strikingly unusual.

The origins of Presidents Day lie in salutes to George Washington’s Feb ... parades and public readings of Washington’s Farewell Address – still an annual tradition in the U.S. Senate ...

By Remy Tumin George Washington was not a huge fan of celebrating ... to read Washington’s 7,640-word farewell address in a legislative session on or around Feb. 22. . Senator Roger Wicker ...

Officially known as Washington's Birthday, the first federal holiday of the year was originally meant to honor the country's first president, George ... aloud his farewell address, according ...

Today is Presidents’ Day, a federal holiday that falls every year on the third Monday of February. Created initially to observe the birthday of President George Washington, the holiday has since been ...

Every generation to come before us has inherently understood their moral obligation not to leave the next generation, as George Washington described in his farewell address, with “a burden which ...