During their retreat, the British met resistance from American militia in ... When the Revolutionary War broke out in 1775, George Washington initially struggled to muster up an army powerful ...

During the Revolutionary War, conditions were dismal for American colonists. Against heavy odds ... Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed ...

Aaron Burr, who served briefly on his staff during the Revolution, considered George Washington a second-rate general. Alexander Hamilton, on the other hand, admired him and stood by his side as ...

George Washington was the first president ... turned-president ensure the survival of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, he also laid down a number of massively important ...

While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution ... and hundreds more served on the sea. Had George Washington been less ambivalent, more blacks might have participated ...

White House Historical Association Chief Education Officer Matthew Costello talked about the Constitutional foundations of the American presidency.

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Alexandria will have a notable milestone to celebrate with the nation's oldest and largest George Washington birthday parade. The annual George Washington Birthday Parade, which ...

Between the Revolutionary War and the First Gulf War, nearly 42 million Americans have served during combat ... your eye will be drawn to George Washington — undaunted and resolute.

Philander D Chase (University Press of Virginia, 2006), 574; Miecislaus Haiman, Kosciuszko in the American Revolution (New York: Policy Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, 1943), 142. 12. The ...

On March 17, 1776, the Continental Army under Gen. George Washington forced British troops to evacuate Boston.

Washington extols the revolutionary spirit of the American people—even in defeat—and makes a rare reference to the experimental smallpox inoculation that helped prevent outbreaks Eli Wizevich ...