Though the soldiers apparently appreciated the significance of where they were, they methodically tore down the house they ...

So much American history is packed into Fredericksburg, including George Washington’s boyhood home, which sits just across ...

FREDERICKSBURG The last photographic evidence of a once-impressive house poised high on the Rappahannock River terrace across from Fredericksburg dates to 1830. America was barely a half-century old ...

Aerial view of the Washington dig site with Fredericksburg visible on the horizon The George Washington Foundation Suffice it to say that the idea of historic preservation hadn't quite caught on by ...

Archaeologists said Wednesday that they have found the long-lost remains of George Washington's boyhood home. Further exploration of the location will replace myths with facts on the formative years ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The archaeologists were delighted to at last find the remains of George Washington's boyhood home but got stumped when they looked for evidence of the cherry tree and rusty hatchet.