The 6½-foot bronze statue is on loan from George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and will sit in the Capitol for the next ...

George Washington Birthplace National Monument and the Northern Neck National Heritage Area invite the public to celebrate the 293rd birthday of the nation’s first president in the park on Saturday, ...

George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. And yet the nation is once again commemorating the first U.S. president on Monday.

Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...

George Washington has a 0-1 record in one-possession games. The Billikens are 5-1 in conference play. Saint Louis ranks seventh in the A-10 shooting 34.5% from 3-point range.

Although fans of A Song of Ice and Fire might still be hankering for the long-delayed next book in the series, bestselling sci-fi/fantasy author George R.R. Martin has instead added a different ...

(Video by Ethan Erickson) If St. Louis University is to cement itself in the upper tier of the Atlantic 10 standings, winning games like Saturday's trip to George Washington will be crucial.

But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else. He gave a speech. Every president since has followed his example and delivered an inaugural address as part of the ...

In doing so, they unanimously elected George Washington to be the first U.S. president. Upon hearing the news, Washington traveled from his home in Mount Vernon, Virginia, to New York City to be sworn ...