Thus George Washington could essentially adopt two children and raise them as his own, ... working through papers in its library vault and talking with curators and librarians there.

That copybook is included in the George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress. Because Washington did not originate the saying, Snopes therefore rates the quote as "Misattributed." ...

Washington County School Superintendent Keith Perrigan (left), David Winship (George Washington), Katie Mitchell (Martha Washington), and Dr. John Lentz pose with the 2024 George Washington Essay ...

When President George Washington left office in 1797, he took his presidential papers with him. Federal agents never searched his Mount Vernon home in Virginia. The papers belonged to the former ...

As Sara Georgini demonstrates in her contribution to “Women in George Washington’s World”—a thoughtful, lively and scholarly collection of essays edited by Charlene M. Boyer Lewis and ...

Essays should be original works of 700-1,000 words on “George Washington’s Involvement with Alexandria, Virginia.” The prize for the winning essay is $500. Submissions will be evaluated by a ...