The Continental Congress’s success in negotiating a military alliance with France was pivotal to the colonies’ successful ...

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To mark President's Day and the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding, historian Ken Bridges explores the life of George ...

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Even during his lifetime, Washington faced criticism for holding slaves. In 1775, British essayist Samuel Johnson criticized ...

This year marks 250 years since our country's founding on July 4, 1776. And in honor of the nation's semiquincentennial, KDKA-TV has embarked on a weekly series of stories that look to not only tell ...

Maurizio Valsania does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

George Washington was born on Friday, Feb. 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Details regarding his childhood are limited. As a child, he lived at several of the properties owned by his ...

It has been years of planning and executing, but the majority of the largest renovation ever at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate is complete just in time for the nation’s 250th birthday. “If ...

As news reports proliferate of multimillion-dollar -- and possibly billion-dollar -- fraudulent diversions of government funds involving Minnesota's Somali immigrant community, it may be time at one ...