George Washington announced his permanent retreat from the world 220 years ago today. His “Farewell Address,” first drafted by Madison and later amended and expanded by Hamilton, was printed ...

In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences from his Farewell Address ... intimating that the president could deploy troops for domestic political ends, quelling protests, rounding ...

That famous description of George ... 1783 Washington resigns his commission as commander-in-chief, having transformed the Continental Army into an effective fighting force and led the troops ...

In September of 1796, President George Washington published a remarkable document, his Farewell Address “to the People of the United States on his declining of the Presidency.” After two terms ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington ... From 1790 to 1800, about 10 percent of all American households relocated. Near Toledo, Ohio, Washington sent federal troops to fight seven ...

George Washington was born on Feb. 22, in 1732, so to celebrate let’s talk about his plan to honor the weary troops that fought the Revolutionary War. In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was ...