In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...

George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

Here's everything to know about the Feb. 17 holiday, including what President's Day celebrates and which stores are open or ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

The United States will get its 47th President on January 20th when Donald Trump takes the oath of office. The ceremony will ...

But in one place the drafters of the Constitution wrote word for word what governance would look like under the newly constituted United States ... lines shifted. George Washington sought oaths ...

former U.S. President George W. Bush, former first lady Laura Bush and former U.S. President Barack Obama. via REUTERS ...