How George Washington's Silence Shaped America's Most Powerful Office
Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...
Presidents Day, once celebration of Washington’s birth, increasingly retail-focused holiday
Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, not a king.
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We’d Never Had a King Until This Week
I would plunk my tricorne hat atop my head and meet the incoming waves of visitors, herding them around the Common and ...
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Explore The National Treasures That Keep Washington’s Spirit Alive
Washington’s birthday – also lovingly called Presidents’ Day – a holiday where mattresses are somehow as celebrated as ...
What happened at JFK Library puts all of America’s historical institutions on notice
Trump is haunted by the specter of a predecessor he can never eclipse and has an animus toward anything that bears John F.
Born Privilege—Musk's White Pass Trumps Obama's Birth Certificate | Opinion
Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration, particularly his leadership of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), ...
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How One President’s Day Became Presidents’ Day
Jeenah Moon for The New York Times ‘A snub to King George.’ In all of her years of researching Washington, Ms. Coe, the author of “You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George of ...
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Birthplace to host events for Washington’s 293rd birthday
George Washington Birthplace National Monument and the Northern Neck National Heritage Area invite the public to celebrate the 293rd birthday of the nation’s first president in the park on Saturday, ...
Sen. Mitch McConnell won’t seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker
Sen. Mitch McConnell is announcing he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who ...