The excerpt below sheds light on the president’s state of mind as the first Inauguration Day approached. The Congressional delay in certifying George Washington’s election as president only ...

George Washington wore many hats. He was a solider, farmer, brewer, entrepreneur, and visionary. He also had a lot of money, and is thought to have been the richest US president, with an estimated ...

When George Washington was a boy ... the home of America’s first president, overlooking the Potomac River, 16 miles south of the White House. Before overseeing the writing of the Constitution ...

In 1943 when Congress okayed the establishment of The George Washington Carver National ... to an African American and the first to a non-president. The Carver described the monument as “a ...

Actor George Clooney said that ... but lose the general election to President Donald Trump. Other Democrats, many of whom had much more sway in Washington, D.C., than Clooney, such as former ...

Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under the tenuous ... A discerning group of state delegates had also refused to sign the ...

That famous description of George Washington by his ... 1789 Despite not actively seeking the candidacy, Washington is unanimously elected as the first president of the United States under the ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George Washington led his own fight for independence in America. Washington was born on ...

ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos ... he believed the president should step down. The anchor appeared to respond, “I don’t think he can serve four more years.” The Washington Examiner ...

President Donald Trump claimed on Friday that he “didn’t sign” the proclamation bearing his signature, which designated Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang a “Foreign Terrorist Organization ...

There are three state holidays which the university does not observe on the actual date: George Washington/President's Day, Indigenous Peoples’ Day/Columbus Day/Yorktown Victory Day and Veterans' Day.