George Washington Birthplace National Monument. George Washington was born along Pope's Creek in Virginia in 1732. He lived here until the age of 3 and returned to the area occasionally during his ...

Professor Philip Levy talked about archaeological research at the National Park Service site of George Washington's Virginia birthplace. The research is designed to determine if Washington ...

The best biography of George Washington yet Ron Chernow's extraordinary new book paints the first president as a man in a struggle to contain his emotions. By Max Byrd.

Ms. Coe is the author of “You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington.” I have a confession to make: I’m a presidential historian who dislikes Presidents’ Day. Actually ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country’s first major poets, has received a $50,000 history award.

View View of the Birthplace of George Washington, after John Chapman, 19th C. (1732) After John Gadsby Chapman; Oil on canvas landscape painting; Sight: 17 1/2 H x 23 1/2 W d Frame: 23 1/2 H x 29 1/2 ...

At the time of Washington’s death in 1799, there were 317 enslaved people at Mount Vernon, his home and plantation in Virginia, including 123 people owned by Washington himself. “George ...

In 1787, General George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention with sphinx-like inscrutability. He betrayed not a flicker of emotion as the architects of a new nation wrangled over ...

Biography of 18th Century Poet Phillis Wheatley Is Winner of George Washington Prize NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country's first major poets ...