In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

The Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France has been commissioned to restore the 1779 painting from the ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

Treasures of New Jersey: Jockey Hollow, Morristown National Historical Park examines the crucial role the location George Washington chose for his troops in the brutal winter of 1779-1780 played ...

It’s 1779. Having broken from Britain, the American colonists are halfway through the bloody crucible of revolution and war. While Gen. George Washington concentrates his will on defeating the British ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...