Where to find DC’s original tribute to George Washington

Before the Washington Monument, D.C. paid tribute to America’s founding father with an approximately 20-foot-tall statue in ...
Fairmont Sentinel

The making of America’s first president: George Washington’s military, political careers began in Winchester, Virginia

This is the first in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of our ...
Council on Foreign Relations

George Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation

The 1793 declaration that the United States would remain neutral in the war between Britain and France divided the country ...

America 250 hidden history: The First Washington Monument

It is one of the most recognizable obelisks in the world, but did you know the Washington Monument we know today is not the ...
Mother Jones

America Can’t Let Go of George Washington’s Slave-Holding History

These two sides of the argument over how we remember Washington are the inspiration for John Garrison Marks’s new book, Thy Will Be Done: George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for ...