Washington in 1783 voluntarily resigned as commander in chief of the Continental Army, and then in 1796 he said farewell when again he would have been elected president by acclamation. Richard ...

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 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 ...