Less than a year after Nelly's wedding, the death of George Washington had a tremendous effect on the personal lives of virtually every slave at Mount Vernon. He died on 14 December 1799 after a ...

Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under the tenuous circumstances of an untested federal government. The newly established ...

Located on the Rappahanock River, Washington would spend most of his childhood there. George was only 11 years old when his father died. Upon his father’s death, the plantation and all its holdings ...

Two sailors assigned to the USS George Washington died within days of each other shortly after the aircraft carrier arrived in Japan, officials and family members said. Their causes of death are ...

Two sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier George Washington died just days after the ship's return to its homeport in Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. Petty Officer 2nd Class Cuyler Burnett Condon ...

Two Navy sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington died shortly after arriving at the ship's new homeport in Japan, according to a NavyTimes article published on Dec. 3.