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 ...

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.

President George Washington issued his Farewell Address on this day in history, Sept. 19, 1796. He spoke proudly of the new nation but also warned of the dangers of party politics.

On September 19, 1796, George Washington published his Farewell Address. In it, America’s “founding father” announced his retirement and explained his reasons for not seeking a third term as ...

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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.

As President George Washington prepared to leave office after his first term was winding down, he asked his friend James Madison, himself a future president, to help him write a farewell address ...

Citing Washington’s “Farewell Address to the People of the United States,” a foundational, historical message Washington wrote for all Americans, Trump’s lawyers said the first president ...

Since 1896, the United States Senate has marked Washington's birthday by having a member read the Farewell Address aloud in a legislative session. According to family tradition, President Washington ...

There is even a blueprint for spinning such straw into gold: George Washington’s celebrated Farewell Address, when he decided in 1796 that two terms in office were enough, and more importantly ...

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 ...