Like many presidents, George Washington had his favorite dessert, which took over five hours to make and the recipe was ...

I am related to a man who once knew a man who knew another man who knew George Washington. And to prove it, my family has a souvenir of the great relationship between the first President and that ...

Lacking the kind of voluminous documentation that outlines the lives of George Washington and his family, modern historians studying the African American community at Mount Vernon must pore over ...

George Washington wore many hats ... the future founding father with a great deal of responsibility managing the family's plantation. Source: mountvernon.org Not much else is known about his ...

George Washington died at age 67 in the big family bed on the second floor of Mount Vernon, on December 14, 1799. He was exhausted; a sudden inflammation of the throat stopped his breathing.

George was the eldest son of Augustine ... or by the kindness of the greatest and best of heroes.” A loving family man, Washington never had children of his own, though he happily adopted ...