George Washington used the light of this brass candle stand while laboring over his farewell address in 1796. Richard Strauss / NMAH George Washington was a man of many talents.

The problem, as the former CNN anchor John Avlon, who wrote an entire book about Washington’s farewell address, told me, is that Trump’s lawyers cut Washington off.

Washington’s Farewell Address, which was first printed in a Philadelphia newspaper on this day in 1796, and included his decision to not seek a third term, got right to the heart of these ...

In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences from his Farewell Address. I’d largely forgotten about them—the final ...

Alexis Coe wants you to read George Washington’s Farewell Address. She calls it a “shockingly modern document” for something that was written in a late-18th century agricultural society. But ...

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, on a whim ...

In reflecting upon the farewell address, it’s easy to see that the very issues Washington focused on—political rivalry, foreign affairs—“are still relevant today,” Rubenstein said.

Washington’s Farewell Address isn’t just some dusty warning from an old guy back then. It is a critically relevant diagnostic tool for reflecting on what is at stake in this election.

The problem, as the former CNN anchor John Avlon, who wrote an entire book about Washington’s farewell address, told me, is that Trump’s lawyers cut Washington off.