And to prove it, my family has ... Legend has it that George Washington ceremoniously stood beneath the branches of a stately elm on July 3, 1775, the day he took command of his army.

Lacking the kind of voluminous documentation that outlines the lives of George Washington and his family, modern historians studying the African American community at Mount Vernon must pore over ...

George Washington wore many hats ... When Washington was elected president — first in 1789 and again in 1792 — his family didn't live in the White House. It wasn't completed until after ...

George Washington used the light of this brass ... Reynolds Foundation Now 64, Washington had outlived all the men in his family and did not wish to die in office, which would set a truly ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... the life of a respected planter and enjoyed days spent with his family, improving the farm, fishing, hunting (particularly fox hunting ...

Washington had moved to his family home in 1754. His father had built the large mansion in colonial Virginia on 8,000 acres some 20 years earlier. George inherited the estate, which produced ...