3. George Washington and his wife Martha didn’t have biological children together. An engraving of Martha Washington, who married George Washington in 1759. | GeorgiosArt/iStock via Getty Images ...

George Washington’s 1789 inauguration suit coat is now on display at Mount Vernon. Our first President was intentional with his details: the domestically produced wool suit was meant to promote ...

An 1854 engraving of the incomplete Washington Monument shows how its grounds were once used to pasture cattle. Proposals to build a monument to George Washington started as early as 1783 ...

This week, George Washington’s 291st birthday will be celebrated by tiny numbers of Americans. That did not used to be the case. For most of our history, Washington’s birthday was a big deal ...

This essay is adapted from First Family: George Washington’s Heirs and the Making of America by Cassandra A. Good © 2023 by Cassandra A. Good, used with permission ...