George Washington announced his permanent retreat from the world 220 years ago today. His “Farewell Address,” first drafted by Madison and later amended and expanded by Hamilton, was printed ...

In September of 1796, President George Washington published a remarkable document, his Farewell Address “to the People of the United States on his declining of the Presidency.” After two terms ...

Dear Sir: I give you the trouble of this letter at the instance of Mr. Dalby ... The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, by John C. Fitzpatrick, ed.

When George Washington left office at the end of his second term, he left America with perhaps the most prescient lesson for the nation’s future on Sept. 19, 1796 in his famous farewell address ...

President Joe Biden will deliver a farewell address from the Oval Office on Wednesday, just five days before leaving office. The White House said the address would begin at 8 p.m. ET. The ...