The administration has ordered that further changes be made to Independence National Historical Park, according to internal ...
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 ...
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, ...
A 250th anniversary only comes once in a lifetime.
Federal Hall, at Wall and Broad streets, stands at the site where George Washington took the Oath of Office on April 30, 1789, to become the first U.S. president. Presidential, Congressional and Court ...
A journey around Lower Manhattan highlights the roots of Revolution in the nation's first capital, now New York's largest city.
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America keeps trying to clean up George Washington’s history, but we won’t forget the nine he enslaved
Removing a park exhibit honoring George Washington's slaves doesn't make him more venerable, it makes whitewashing history ...
Pierre L'Enfant designed the look of the nation's capital but died in obscurity.
Racond, a historian of all things Washington, called the speech the soon-to-be president's "most important" action in ...
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