Personal tastes of presidents - as well as the demands of a growing federal government - has helped dictate changes over time ...

Explore George Washington’s complicated relationship with slavery, his presidential actions, and the manumission of his enslaved workers.

Paintings by former President George W. Bush will be on display in a traveling exhibit at the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream in Northwest D.C.

In a rare and visually stunning PHOTEX (photo exercise), the Royal Navy’s HMS Prince of Wales and the U.S. Navy’s USS George ...

On October 19, 1781, the cause of liberty was immortalized on a riverside Virginia field when the Continental Army wrested victory from the arms of the ...

On Oct. 19, 1781, Britain's Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered with more than 7,000 troops to Gen. George Washington at ...

The arch will stand in the middle of the traffic roundabout at the end of Arlington Memorial Bridge, across from the Lincoln ...

The original balance-of-power debate was not yet turned to the three co-equal branches that had been established, Freeman ...

BOONE — Watauga County fifth graders heard some poignant advice from Founding Father George Washington on Monday during an America 250 event at the Appalachian Theatre. The event was put on by the ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government had shut down, and Donald Trump was calling on Democrats and Republicans to work together to get out of the mess. “You have to get people in a room, and you have to ...

Maurizio Valsania does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

There comes a point in Noah Baumbach’s new film, “Jay Kelly,” where one tires of hearing the words “Jay Kelly.” The titular, fictional movie star, played by George Clooney, is a sort of cinematic ...