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

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

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

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.