The first true commander-in-chief of the armed forces to lead the Revolutionary War was not, as many believe, George ...

George Washington’s embrace of science-based medical treatments—despite stiff opposition from the Continental Congress—prevented a potentially disastrous defeat, and made him the country’s ...

In this extraordinary letter written just weeks before his inauguration, Washington emphasizes judgment, character, and ...

Packed with maritime and colonial history, Maryland’s capital city of Annapolis also offers tons of ways to get out on the ...

Thus the Continental Congress commissioned George Washington as commander in chief of the Continental Army, June 19, 1775. Washington, Appointed Commander in Chief.

Opinion: The Commander in Clause affords the president no authority whatever to initiate military hostilities on behalf of ...

Inside the complicated compromise that created the District of Columbia and the City of Washington-which are kind of the same ...

While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the ...

Congress voted to make one of the grand monuments in Lafayette Square across from the White House an ode to Baron Friedrich ...

Day 6 of Wawa Welcome America features free admission to the Underground Railroad Museum and Christ Church Preservation Trust ...