Literally marked by a child’s hand, one of the Netherlands' most valuable paintings is now undergoing restoration after being ...

Thus George Washington ... Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, it was sent to Mount Vernon to be part of a nationwide effort to reacquaint Americans with Washington on the 200th ...

Two days earlier Thomas Hickey, a member of the elite guard responsible for protecting George ... Washington wanted to say was, “Hey, everyone, my own men just turned on me.” That is not the ...

Many travelers think of Mount Rushmore as a selfie stop. After capturing your iconic photo, what else is there to do at the ...

Now a museum, this 18th-century plantation house (also known as Bush Hill House) was the base for George Washington and his sick half-brother Lawrence (who had tuberculosis) for two months in 1751.