On this day in 1781, British General Lord Charles Cornwallis surrenders to American General George Washington, bringing an end to the...

On this day in 1796, George Washington bids the nation farewell. He was retiring from the presidency and making his last exit from public...

On this day in 1776, George Washington and his troops make a miraculous escape across the East River and into Manhattan. The British...

On this day in 1814, First Lady Dolley Madison saves a full-length portrait of George Washington from British troops. She also saved some...

On this day in 1776, the British begin an effort against General George Washington’s troops, then stationed in Brooklyn and Manhattan....

On this day in 1778, General Charles Lee’s court martial ends with a guilty verdict. But who is Charles Lee? Well, it seems that if...

On this day in 1776, George Washington refuses to accept a letter from British Admiral Richard Howe. The admiral and his brother, General...

On this day in 1755, a young George Washington becomes the “hero of the Monongahela.” Only one year earlier, h’d been given an early...

At about this time in 1776, Betsy Ross works as a seamstress and an upholsterer. At least according to legend, she would make the first...

On this day in 1783, George Washington awards the badge of military merit to a man who remains mostly unknown today. Daniel Bissell was...

On this day in 1731, future First Lady Martha Washington is born. History has relegated Martha to a simple label: George’s wife. What a...

On this day in 1802, Martha Washington passes away. Her family mourned her passing, but Martha herself was ready to go. She would finally...

On this day in 1792, George Washington writes to James Madison. His first term was coming to a close, and he wanted to retire from public...

On this day in 1789, George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States. The inauguration occurred in New York:...

On this day in 1779, Eleanor “Nelly” Parke Custis is born. She has been called the “Daughter of Mount Vernon,” because she was raised by...

On this day in 1776, the British army evacuates Boston. A bedraggled band of colonists had kept the city under siege for nearly a...

On this day in 1783, George Washington brings the so-called Newburgh Conspiracy to an end. The potential military coup had been festering...

On this day in 1978, George Washington is posthumously promoted. It had been more than two centuries since the American Revolution began....

On this day in 1778, Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge. His task? To better train and organize the soldiers in the American army....

On this day in 1789, George Washington is unanimously elected President of the United States by the Electoral College. He would be...