Outside of Philadelphia, the Emlen House is where the nation’s first president stayed while leading the Continental Army in 1777.

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (DC News Now) — History lovers have a chance to discover George Washington’s influence beyond his Mt. Vernon estate. The first U.S. president was a large landowner in West Virginia ...

Walter Washington is a sixth-generation nephew of the first U.S. president. The tour of Washington family homes, he says, “is ...

You may think you know some of the history of the French and Indian War and even of Fort Ligonier, but it's what's been found just 2 miles away from the fort that is shedding new light on the global ...

Brenda is the Assistant Director and Research Fellow for the Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Americans have maintained particular admiration for George Washington, who ...