In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences from his Farewell Address. I’d largely forgotten about them—the final ...

Cut out of Washington’s Farewell Address, they’re what we need to read right now. ... In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences from his Farewell Address.

A statue of the first U.S. president stands prominently in London’s Trafalgar Square, but some Britons find it strange to ...

MOUNT VERNON, Va. — George Washington never did cut down the cherry tree, despite the famous story to the contrary, but he did pack away quite a few bottles of the fruit at his Mount Vernon home.

George Washington’s tents, as explained by the museum, have nearly 250 years of history. ... The fragment was likely cut off the dining tent by a man named John Burns, ...