In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was winding down and peace talks were happening in Paris, Gen. George Washington came up ...

On the eve of his 293rd birthday, George Washington got his Springfield party Friday afternoon, as members of the Daughters ...

Despite rainy weather, more than 100 turn out at a soggy Washington Crossing Historic Park to celebrate Washington's birthday ...

Thousands of spectators will gather in Old Town Alexandria for the nation’s oldest and largest George Washington Birthday Parade ... Lieutenant General Heidi J. Hoyle, Deputy Chief of Staff ...

That habit started by effectively combining the mid-February birthdays of George Washington and ... The holiday is still Washington’s birthday. It is also a symptom of a veneration of the ...

Abell is instead proposing legislation that would rename Presidents Day to “George Washington’s Birthday ... reject the modernized look at the next general election. After its public hearing ...

The US has announced the closure of its Embassy in Abuja and Consulate General in Lagos to observe of Presidents’ Day.

That, of course, is George Washington. The holiday began in the 1880s to commemorate Washington’s birthday ... brave and dogged general, enduring hardships and misery as he led the revolutionary ...

“The U.S. Embassy in Abuja and Consulate General in Lagos will be closed on Monday ... It originally honoured the birthday of George Washington, the first U.S. president, but over time, it has evolved ...