From the beginning of the American experiment, one of its animating principles has been limited government overseen by ...

George Washington's concerns two and a quarter centuries ago were well founded. A powerful political class has arisen in Washington, which exists to further its own interests at the expense of the ...

One of the qualities George Washington’s contemporaries most liked about him was that he was not eager for power. This led to his June 14, 1775, appointment 250 years ago as commander-in-chief ...

George Washington rose from land surveyor to Commander-in-Chief and the first U.S. President. His leadership helped shape a new nation.

From George Washington to now: ... Their experience with executive leadership was that of a king or royal governor — "not a great model," she says.

Because of Big George’s Christmas Day leadership, we gained “the sacred fire of liberty” and “republican model of government” (words from his First Inaugural Address in 1789) that have ...

Symbols of Washington’s leadership George Washington’s tents, as explained by the museum, have nearly 250 years of history. The tents, used during the Revolutionary War, ...