Actress Carrie Coon, best known for her roles in “The Leftovers” and “The Gilded Age,” is co-starring in Season 3 of HBO’s ...

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, is like that cool older relative who has a million stories to tell and somehow makes learning ...

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

Washington progressives are seeking to redesign the state flag and remove George Washington from the flag, calling the ...

A rural metro community is celebrating on President's Day its connection to the nation's first president, George Washington.

As a young nation, Americans drank far more than they do today, starting in the morning with an “eye opener” and finishing the day with a “nightcap.” ...

In the optimistic missive, Washington extols the revolutionary spirit of the American people—even in defeat—and makes a rare ...

Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...

Progressive Washington state lawmakers have introduced a bill that could remove George Washington from the state flag. House Bill 1938 aims to create a committee that will design a new state flag ...

George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. And yet the nation is once again commemorating the first U.S. president on Monday.

It seemed like a huge loss for the American forces under Gen. George Washington, who had been leading the battle for independence from Britain for almost two years. But on May 7, Washington wrote ...

In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences from his Farewell Address. I’d largely forgotten about them—the final address contains enough wisdom to fill volumes—until ...