The former California governor is the latest to recognize that the most remarkable thing about the first president was not ...

When George Washington, from Virginia, arrived in Cambridge 250 years ago, one of the first things he did was talk to his ...

George Washington lost a year off his age when England decided to switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, which shortened the number of days in a year because it's based on the Earth's ...

George Washington and the other presidents depicted on Mount Rushmore were originally supposed to be seen from the waist up, but the funding wouldn't allow it. | DC_Colombia/iStock via Getty Images .

George Washington suffered severe teeth issues his entire life, and by the time he became president in 1789, he had just one ...

Alexis Coe, historian and author of “You Never Forget Your First” - a new biography of George Washington - talks to Jane Carr about why it’s so important to stop the mythmaking about the ...

He wanted visitors to get to know the real George Washington. Many of the folk tales — like how he chopped down the cherry tree and threw a coin across the river — are probably false.

Yong Kyun Jun, who is originally from South Korea, holds a George Washington fan and a flag as he takes part in a naturalization ceremony that was part of a celebration of the Fourth of July at ...

George Washington purchased land bounties near Cincinnati that were given to soldiers for their service in the American Revolution.

After all, George Washington is the first of 45 U.S. presidents, the face on our most commonly circulated dollar bill, and the name of our nation’s capital city.