The fateful tent on display at the Museum of the American ... Revolution. The Frenchman had become a major general in the Continental Army at the age of 19, was a close friend of George Washington ...

While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution ... and hundreds more served on the sea. Had George Washington been less ambivalent, more blacks might have participated ...

During the Revolutionary War, conditions were dismal for American ... a nation. Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as ...

Aaron Burr, who served briefly on his staff during the Revolution, considered George Washington a second-rate general. Alexander Hamilton, on the other hand, admired him and stood by his side as ...

Lectures focus on Bergen County's role in the founding of the United States as part of the festivities commemorating the ...

President Trump is not just unraveling a system of government, he's denying the American Creed, the truths we have considered self-evident since 1776.

If George Washington’s audacity on January 3, 1777, had not reversed the patriots’ retreat and routed the advancing British, the American Revolution might have been extinguished. Yet such is ...

Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington.” He helped to create the George Washington Book ...

1. What year was George Washington born? A) 1722 B) 1732 C) 1742 D) 1752 Answer: B) 1732 2. What role did Washington play in the American Revolutionary War? A) Governor of Virginia B) Diplomat to ...

One if by land and two if by sea”? We know two lanterns were placed in the belfry of of Boston’s Old North Church to signal ...

George Washington was the first president of ... president ensure the survival of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, he also laid down a number of massively important precedents ...