Mount Vernon. There he spent time with his family, tending to much-needed repairs on the property and receiving visitors from ...

A triumphant general in Washington’s position might have tried to seize power, but Washington, like other Americans, saw ...

George Washington wore many hats. He was a solider, farmer, brewer, entrepreneur, and visionary. He also had a lot of money, and is thought to have been the richest US president, with an estimated ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

The number of personal things to be done and the limited ... Toward the end of George Washington's life, farm manager James Anderson tightened the privilege a bit by requiring that slaves from ...

That famous description of George Washington by his friend ... Resigning his commission, he enthusiastically took up the life of a Virginia planter. Washington had been renting a family farm ...

But after the war’s end, Washington watched with dismay as the very officers who had fought off the rule of a monarch made grabs for their own individual power. Washington was now tired and wanted ...

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.

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George ... of personal sacrifice. After disastrous losses early in the war, Washington ...