Museums house many fascinating artifacts—from fossilized dinosaur feces and whale earwax plugs to a tent used by George ...

The only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on ...

Did you know that George Washington’s soldiers ate gingerbread during the Revolutionary War? On Sunday, Feb. 23 from 2 to 4 p ...

George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring, which was turned into a historical museum in 2022. The Drowned Meadow Cottage Museum highlights the famed history of the community’s American Revolution ...

The Virginia General Assembly wanted to honor George Washington, native son, Revolutionary War leader, and our nation’s first President, with a statue to be placed in the state capitol building. The ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

George Washington took the oath of office as America’s first president on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City.

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

Rarely on display because it is so fragile, Mount Vernon is hosting a special public viewing of President George Washington’s historic inaugural coat.

He used his savings to establish the George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center in Austin, Texas, and the Carver Research Foundation at Tuskegee for research in agriculture.