On April 26, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a large British raiding party attacked the American supply depot at Danbury, Connecticut, burning houses and barns and destroying stores of shoes, ...

These quarters, like most, feature George Washington's head on one side. However, instead of the usual eagle on the reverse ...

That famous description of George Washington by his friend ... and “summer soldiers” waiting to depart, Washington ordered Paine’s essay read to his men. Two days later, their surprise ...

A May 1777 letter from George Washington, written in Morristown and ... He instructed Parsons to assign soldiers too weak from inoculation or other causes to guard new supply sites until they ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

George Washington was the first president of the ... civic-minded stages of his very public life. As a soldier, he served as commander in chief of the Continental Army, the somewhat ragtag ...

“I love George Washington and hope to do him proud ... he also served as a soldier for the British in the French and Indian ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...