In 1848, the Boston Athenaeum acquired more than 300 volumes from the famed Virginian's collection of books. They nearly ...

A 40-year-old Spokane man died when he lost control of the car he was driving, hit a retaining wall and rolled Saturday in ...

click image for close-up George Washington and Martha Dandridge ... The marriage lasted 40 years, until Washington's death in 1799. In his final will, he stipulated that upon his wife's death ...

George Washington is dead. We know this because his remains are entombed at Mount Vernon. He passed on Dec. 14, 1799. It has been over 200 years since his death.

according to George Washington's Mount Vernon. Washington was born Feb. 22, 1732, and died Dec. 14, 1799. Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th U.S. president, leading the nation during the Civil War ...