How Mount Rushmore came to be. There is more to Mount Rushmore’s 60-foot heads of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln than meets the eye.

When it came to the presidency, George Washington harbored both desire and doubt. In this illustartion, Charles Thomson, the secretary of Congress, formally notifies him that he has been elected.

The book covers 40 historical figures and their penchant for getting stoned, high and hammered. Elvis Presley took three ...

Approximately 227 years ago, in 1797, George Washington became the first U.S. president to voluntarily cede the presidency to his successor. At the time, this was unheard of.

Archaeologists have located the site of a historic friendly-fire incident that nearly cost George Washington his life.

Washington retired from office after serving two terms as president — and no more — a tradition that continued until President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office for a third term in 1941.

President George Washington aimed to unify the country with his first Thanksgiving message. Getty Images Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino. On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, ...

George Washington is many things: First president, honest dude, historical icon. But, man oh man, did he have some bad teeth. When he took the oath of office, Washington had just one original ...