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

February has been designated as Black History Month. The person that I remember most learning about, probably because we were a rural school, was George Washington Carver.

But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else ... calls to unify the country to setting ...

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 ...

"This Voyager spacecraft was constructed by the United States of America. We are a community of 240 million human beings ...

From the time Mount Vernon was built to today, the estate has witnessed countless moments in history, from George Washington’s inauguration in 1789 to the effects of World War II. The mansion at ...

But for history buff Richard “Dana” Moore, it looked like treasure. The site claimed that the fabric was part of a tent that had once belonged to George Washington and — though he had his ...

The inauguration of the president hasn't always happened in Washington — or in January. Here's how inaugurations have changed ...

Democrats would have a better claim to moral authority if, when they condemn efforts to revise January 6 history, they didn’t engage in revisionism themselves. Most drivers entering Manhattan ...

Trump's clemency for Jan. 6 rioters and Biden's reprieve for family represent merely the latest chapters in an odd history of ...

But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else ... to setting forth political principles. The political history collections at the National Museum of American ...