In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was winding down and peace talks were happening in Paris, Gen. George Washington came up ...

On the eve of his 293rd birthday, George Washington got his Springfield party Friday afternoon, as members of the Daughters ...

A sketch rescued in a dumpster in Hudson, New York is a long lost sketch by renowned English portrait painter George Romney.

The slogan may be "Virginia Is For Lovers", but we say Virginia is for families! There are so many amazing things to do in ...

Our nation’s first president was also a farmer and he believed in being a good steward in a different era, Dave Bergmeier writes.

Rembert’s painting of a lively scene inside a juke joint in his hometown of Cuthbert, “The Dirty Spoon Café,” is on display in the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

Museum leaders are working to connect people today to the events of 1776. They’re confident they can, and will.

The statue was unveiled Thursday to spark "early interest" in the United States' upcoming 250th anniversary of independence ...

What will a thin-skinned showman do with an institution central to Washington’s cultural life? One expectation is more ...

Reporting on four of the world's major conflict zones — Israel, Sudan, Ukraine and Haiti — was honored Monday with George ...

The meaning of Presidents Day has changed dramatically, from being mostly unremarkable and filled with work for Washington in ...

After taking measurements of the 200-year-old suit, Philip De Paola assembled a mock-up, or toile, in muslin and then ...