Enslaved people picked the cherries around 250 years ago, likely in pre-Revolutionary War times. Two glass bottles filled ...

Archaeologist Nick Beard was gently pushing aside the hardened dirt in the basement of George Washington’s home at Mount ...

Archeologists have made a remarkable find at George Washington’s Mount Vernon in the ground beneath the cellar — two sealed ...

Abigail Adams proved a peerless patriot in the American Revolution with "a spirit that will not be conquered" while ...

On June 19, 1775, the Continental Congress entrusted George Washington with the formidable ... of his troops from New York to ...

“George Washington mandated smallpox vaccines for ... of inoculation and persuaded his wife to undergo the procedure in 1776 even as he forbade his troops from being inoculated, National ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George Washington ... At Christmas 1776 Washington achieved his first major victory through ...

National parks and battlefields tell the sweeping history of the American Revolution. But the full story of independence ...

In his 1796 Farewell Address, George Washington argued that religion and ... He told Reverend William Gordon in 1776 that no one had "a more perfect Reliance on the all wise and powerful ...

George Washington of Virginia was the favored choice ... depicts the moment on June 28, 1776, when the first draft of the Declaration of Independence was presented to the Second Continental ...

George Washington's soldiers perished in winter camp. Many of their remains are buried here. The replica boats used by the reenactors depart from this bank, near Washington's 1776 launching.

George Washington, who led America through ... disorganization, and poor morale. In 1776 Washington revised his strategy, choosing to avoid all-out battles with the British and protract the ...