The administration has ordered that further changes be made to Independence National Historical Park, according to internal ...

A newly minted $1 coin will feature a woman from the Oneida tribe, Polly Cooper, known for aiding George Washington's army during the Revolutionary War ...

New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 incident that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped his views on the battles yet to come As a 26-year-old colonel, Washington ...

Americans regard George Washington as the "father of the nation", a pivotal figure who helped pave the way for the country to ...

As the country observes the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Judy Woodruff is starting a new chapter of America at a Crossroads. She’ll explore what it means to be an American, ...

Mourners in Virginia's Capitol on Friday passed the flag-draped casket of Leroy Hassell, the state's first black chief justice and the first black to lie in ...

It has been years of planning and executing, but the majority of the largest renovation ever at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate is complete just in time for the nation’s 250th birthday. “If ...

As news reports proliferate of multimillion-dollar — and possibly billion-dollar — fraudulent diversions of government funds involving Minnesota’s Somali immigrant community, it may be time at one ...

I grew up a few miles from where George Washington and his Continental Army crossed the Delaware River to launch a surprise attack on Hessian mercenary soldiers stationed in Trenton, N.J. Down on his ...

File photo: John Godzieba, as Gen. George Washington, second right, stands in a boat during a reenactment of Washington's daring Christmas 1776 crossing of the Delaware River in Washington Crossing, ...

A historic portrait of George Washington is being auctioned off next month. It's among the paintings that inspired the first president's image on the $1 bill, and it has a colorful past. Paintings of ...