George Washington was of English extraction and his family can be t...  ...an visit the manor house inhabited by the earlier Washingtons (then called Wessyington) in the town of Washington in County Durham.The beautiful Durham Cathedral,...  ...eenth Century, is an architect...

While attending the Constitutional Convention in J...  ...ng the Constitutional Convention in July of 1787, George Washington found the brutal summer heat unbearable and decid...  ...n, but is likely not the specific design owned by Washington .It does, though, show the ingenuity of inventors...

One of the joys of parenting is the temporary ability to spin crazy yarns to someone who will swallow it hook, line, and sinker. Calvin's Dad took great advantage of that, and so does this fellow. The real payoff comes y...

When the American colonies were assembling rebels...  ...established customs, units, or uniforms. General George Washington needed to assert his authority among those who di...  ...However, it did not last.Historians suggest that Washington may have indeed stopped wearing the moiré...  ...served a formal...

The following article is from Uncle John’s F...  ...from Uncle John’s Factastic Bathroom Reader. George and Martha Washington owned hundreds of slaves over the course of their...  ...to work as an indentured servant at Mount Vernon, George Washington ’s planta...

(Historically accurate image of Washington crossing the Delaware River by Jason Heuser)Histo...  ...are River by Jason Heuser)History teaches us that Washington once threw a knife into Heaven and could kill wit...  ...man. He'd like to make a biographical movie about George Washington...

Scholastic pulled a children’s book called A...  ...children’s book called A Birthday Cake For George Washington from its catalog. It was released on January 5 an...  ...ook critics and in Amazon reviews. The book shows George Washington ’s slave chef Hercules and his daughter Deli...  ...his d...

The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo...  ...retty common one. (No, not us, Mom.) Say hello to George Washington ’s mother, Mary Ball Washington . THE ORPHAN Mary Ball was born on a Virginia farm...  ...she was twelve. Afterward, the girl was raised by George...

Due to his role in the birth of the United States,...  ...ue to his role in the birth of the United States, George Washington was regarded as an almost mythical character even...  ...r, or even his presidency, but it belonged to the Washingtons , and is therefore a cherished piece of history....  ...entury. It w...

A couple of months ago, we told you about the pain...  ...Over a hundred years later, when former president George Washington fell ill in December of 1799, medical science had...  ...medical science hadn’t much more to offer. Washington felt worse the next morning, so his estate’...  ...the next morn...