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Historian and author, John Garrison Marks, discusses George Washington's relationship with slavery in light of exhibits about ...

Even during his lifetime, Washington faced criticism for holding slaves. In 1775, British essayist Samuel Johnson criticized ...

George Washington kept slaves as president, but a federal display commemorating them has now been dismantled in Philadelphia.

Mitchel Angelos, who turned 100 Jan. 14, lived an adventure that included growing up in abject poverty, serving during WW II ...

Europe has undergone profound transformations through mass migration, supranational governance, demographic decline, and shifting cultural priorities.

It has been years of planning and executing, but the majority of the largest renovation ever at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate is complete just in time for the nation’s 250th birthday. “If ...

The former conservative has moved from the Washington suburbs to Manhattan and will run for an open House seat in a heavily Democratic district. By Nicholas Fandos George T. Conway III spent most of ...

George T. Stagg transformed bourbon from a regional spirit into a national icon. His legacy endures today in one of America’s most celebrated and collectible whiskeys. Few names in American whiskey ...

File photo: John Godzieba, as Gen. George Washington, second right, stands in a boat during a reenactment of Washington's daring Christmas 1776 crossing of the Delaware River in Washington Crossing, ...

A historic portrait of George Washington is being auctioned off next month. It's among the paintings that inspired the first president's image on the $1 bill, and it has a colorful past. Paintings of ...

Next month, Christie’s is christening America’s 250th birthday with its largest Americana Week ever. The nine-sale, 700-lot extravaganza will feature treasures like a signed copy of the Emancipation ...