President's Day is Monday. Here's what to know about it's history, including how it got started and what it has become.

The statue was unveiled Thursday to spark "early interest" in the United States' upcoming 250th anniversary of independence ...

The D.C. State Board of Education backed a proposal to ban legacy admissions at some private universities, including ...

Museum leaders are working to connect people today to the events of 1776. They’re confident they can, and will.

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

A new chapter in Washington's history may unfold within the next few years as a bill to establish a committee for redesigning ...

Some members of the Washington State Legislature want to initiate a process to redesign the state flag, which could see the ...

The conflicts of popular factions are the chief, if not the only inlets, of usurpation and Tyranny,” the first president ...

George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. And yet the nation is once again commemorating the first U.S. president on Monday.

Washington’s Birthday has been largely forgotten as a distinct celebration, but its commemoration in Civil War-era Cambridge ...

He is making his Broadway debut with a stage version of his 2005 movie “Good Night, and Good Luck.” He’s ready, but also ...

What kind of music does D.C. instrumental quartet ¡Fiasco! play? Guitarist Nelson Dougherty and saxophonist Andrew Frankhouse ...