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.
Before he became the president that carried America through the Civil War and emancipated the nation's slaves, Abraham ...
Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...
As we celebrate Presidents Day, we struggle to remember who George Washington was. That kind of national amnesia isn’t ...
The origins of Presidents Day lie in salutes to George Washington's Feb. 22 birthday, some highly ceremonial and others ...
Mary Washington helped her son develop into the leader he became. While her son was the subject of several portrait artists, ...