The first true commander-in-chief of the armed forces to lead the Revolutionary War was not, as many believe, George ...

A statute of the long-dead president — and commander of the US army during the revolution — has been turning heads in the ...

The commander-in-chief initially barred black soldiers from joining the ranks, but he came to understand the value—both moral ...

George Washington rose from land surveyor to Commander-in-Chief and the first U.S. President. His leadership helped shape a ...

George Washington's return of power set the country on a unique path, one that rejected monarchs in favor of civilian rule ...

It happened 250 years ago this very week… “I do not think myself equal to the Command I am honored with.”  It was with these ...

When the Continental Army formed 250 years ago at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, George Washington was appointed its ...

Washington had the requisite charisma and leadership abilities, but he was also chosen because he didn’t crave the job. As the oft-quoted theologian and author James Freeman Clarke is credited with ...

How many have fallen we know not. The constant roar of the cannon is so distressing that we cannot Eat, Drink or Sleep.” This ...

Americans began comparing Washington to Cincinnatus early in the Revolutionary War, and he did not disappoint. With the ...

Among qualities George Washington’s contemporaries most liked about him was he was not eager for power, a contrast with so-called leaders of today.

On May 4 and 5, at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, people can explore a replica of the tent that General George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, used from 1775 to 1783 ...