WASHINGTON -- The archaeologists were delighted to at last find the remains of George Washington's boyhood home but got stumped when they looked for evidence of the cherry tree and ...

Dissatisfied with these one-sided and larger-than-life portraits of Washington, Coe set out to write a more balanced biography, becoming, by her own account, the first woman in 40 years (or an ...

`George Washington” is a portrait of the modern South that looks through the eyes of children and finds beauty in weed-choked railroad yards and abandoned playgrounds. The debut feature of young ...

The best biography of George Washington yet Ron Chernow's extraordinary new book paints the first president as a man in a struggle to contain his emotions. By Max Byrd.

On George Washington’s childhood farm in Virginia, archaeologist Phil Levy is telling me the famous folk tale about young George confessing that he’d destroyed his father’s favorite cherry ...

At 22, Washington manipulated a band of Seneca warriors into an attack that sparked the French and Indian War. Alamy Stock Photo Americans widely believe that George Washington had wooden teeth ...

WASHINGTON — We know a lot about George Washington after he moved to Mount Vernon, but not much is known about his childhood. On Monday, Presidents Day visitors between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. will ...

Fergus M. Bordewich reviews “George Washington: The Wonder of the Age” by John Rhodehamel.

It took seven years and at least two dead ends to find the home on Ferry Farm where Augustine Washington, George's father, moved his family in 1738, when George was 6, and where they remained ...

Phillip Levy, a historian who excavated Ferry Farm, Washington’s childhood home, wrote in his book, “Where the Cherry Tree Grew: The Story of Ferry Farm, George Washington’s Boyhood Home ...

Ms. Coe is the author of “You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington.” I have a confession to make: I’m a presidential historian who dislikes Presidents’ Day. Actually ...