Upon his father’s death, the plantation and all its holdings were left to George’s older half-brothers, Lawrence and Augustine. Although George Washington attended grammar school, he is one of eight ...

During the Revolutionary ... only he could forge a nation. Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president ...

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 important day in American tradition.

George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

“It is a formal business suit that would have been worn by people in the merchant classes and above,” said Adam Erby, chief curator at George ... important documents from Washington’s ...