George Washington was a Founding Father of the United States, the nation’s first president, and a commander of the ...

He was called to service in the British Army during the French and Indian War on Jan. 28, 1755. For several years, ... General George Washington leaving New York in 1776, ...

Years later, he wrote that his life was in as “much jeopardy as it ever had been before or since.” Washington was pursuing a ...

As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military ...