President George Washington delivers his first inaugural address in April 1789 in New York City. Painting by T.H. Matteson, engraving by H.S. Sadd, via Library of Congress Before they go too far ...
Go inside George Washington's Mount Vernon with its official historian, Lindsay M. Chervinsky, Director of the Presidential ...
The version of the quote that widely circulated online was shortened and simplified, but it accurately preserved the meaning of Washington's original words as delivered in a March 15, 1783, speech.
In their submission to NPR's Student Podcast Challenge, two high school students in Roslyn, New York, investigate a claim that the first U.S. president spent a night in their town in 1790. And now for ...
Hundreds gathered at the Virginia home of the first U.S. president for a special naturalization ceremony, with one of the most famous action stars welcoming the new citizens with open arms. One ...