On Feb. 4, 1789, George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was ...

This is the first of a series on some of America’s Founding Fathers in honor of the United States Semiquincentennial. As ...

Before trailblazing Japanese photographer George Masa captured the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains, where did his love of the mountains originate?

New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 incident that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped his views on the battles yet to come As a 26-year-old colonel, Washington ...