General Howe was forced to take these strategic ... himself after everything that his mother was not. Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at Popes Creek, Westmoreland County ...

In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental ... Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) General Washington, who had survived smallpox as a young man ...

The United States began celebrating its first president when he was still a general. Nearly 300 years since George Washington’s birth, the holiday has morphed into a celebration of the presidency.

Though they worked in close proximity for years, Alexander Hamilton and George ... aide and the General, twice his age, whom Hamilton always addressed as "Your Excellency." Washington was prudent ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...