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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's office recently said it was going to remove a statue of George Washington on the fifth floor of City Hall near the Mayor's Office—only to reverse ...

Legacy George Washington established the title, President, and outlined the capacities of the office through his example. Washington started the tradition of the inaugural address as well as the ...

George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

Thompson, a research specialist at Mt. Vernon, studies the domestic life, foodways, and religious practices of the residents of George Washington's plantation, with a special interest in the slave ...