George Washington was a Founding Father of the United States, the nation’s first president, and a commander of the ...

To the future President’s credit, Arkeonews wrote that “Washington, realizing the error, risked his life by galloping through ...

In 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish ...

The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday's modern Flag Day.

In Betsy Ross’ day, flags marked ships and told soldiers where they should move in the confusion of battlefield smoke and noise. The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old Glory arose from the ...