He died later that day, his death likely caused by the shock of blood loss. 7. George Washington’s Mount Vernon home was saved from disrepair. Today, George Washington's former home of Mount ...
Boston Athenaeum head of special collections John Buchtel said because George Washington died without children, he willed the books to his nephew. They were later split among the president’s ...
The first president realized that working with Congress – not alone or against it – was the best way to actually create an ...
YOKOSUKA, Japan (WAVY) — Two Navy sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington died shortly after arriving at the ship’s new homeport in Japan, according to a NavyTimes ...
Located on the Rappahanock River, Washington would spend most of his childhood there. George was only 11 years old when his father died. Upon his father’s death, the plantation and all its holdings ...
In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences from his Farewell Address. I’d largely forgotten about them—the final address contains enough wisdom to fill volumes—until ...