Three decades before his election as the first president of the United States in 1789, George Washington commanded soldiers ...

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

After reading about the 1777 letter written by George Washington that has gone up for sale, go inside the historical mystery of how exactly George Washington died. Then, discover the disturbing ...

Monday 14On this day in 1799, President George Washington died at Mount Vernon.Tuesday 15On this day in 1791, the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, was adopted ...

Gen. Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's famed epitaph for his friend and wartime leader, the "father of our country," has held pretty well for the 206 years since George Washington died.

The trauma of losing its first leader, George Washington, was greatly felt by a new nation. Ezra Stiles, a pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Newport, Rhode Island, and later president of ...

George Washington died in 1799 from acute epiglottitis, a throat infection. 2.John Adams' grave in Quincy, Massachusetts: Alamy Stock Photo John Adams died from natural causes in 1826 ...