American military weapons may have looked a lot different had it not been for the invention of one Civil War-era firearm—the Gatling gun.

In the optimistic missive, Washington extols the revolutionary spirit of the American people—even in defeat—and makes a rare ...

A rural metro community is celebrating on President's Day its connection to the nation's first president, George Washington.

After a British attack on Danbury, Connecticut, Washington wrote the loss of supplies was trivial compared to the resistance by local militias.

On April 26, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a large British raiding party attacked the American supply depot at Danbury, ...

A letter written by George Washington in 1777 that is valued at $150,000 is up for sale this Presidents Day. The letter, ...

George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. And yet the nation is once again commemorating the first U.S. president on Monday.