On Presidents Day, Boston offers a wish that our 47th president might learn from the examples of our 1st and 16th presidents.

George Washington" highlights the significant impact of George Washington on American history and culture. It explores his legacy through various symbols and places named after him, such as streets, ...

The origins of Presidents Day lie in salutes to George Washington's Feb. 22 birthday, some highly ceremonial and others strikingly unusual.

Historians have been ranking presidents in surveys since Arthur Schlesinger Sr.’s first such study appeared in Life magazine ...

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

His loyalties were to his nation and its young and fragile Constitution. Eventually, he put meaning to those loyalties by voluntarily choosing not to run for a third term. That set a precedent ...

Justice. Mercy. Charity. Humility: This is Micah 6:8. It sounds as if Washington is writing a sermon, not a letter to ...

Washington was a man for the ages. Born a Virginia aristocrat, he carefully cultivated his virtues — self-control, moderation ...

The best presidents — including figures such as Abraham Lincoln and George Washington — are celebrated not only as good leaders, but as good men. They embody not simply political ...

As George Washington's 293rd birthday approaches on Feb. 22, his influence remains profound, shaping American identity, government, and global perceptions. Washington's role as the first U.S.

Presidents Day was established to honor America’s first president, George Washington, but it’s since morphed into a celebration for all presidents.

Lynch is the lead reporter for Reuters covering the U.S. Justice Department out of Washington ... agents to quell protesters in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, to the rampant spread of ...