President George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States on this day in history, April 30, 1789. In his address, which he delivered at New York City's Federal Hall, ...

America’s first president George Washington addressed the assembled Congress with the first State of the Union on this day in history, Jan. 8, 1790. Washington’s address took place at Federal Hall in ...

The 1st President of the United States was a man of mystery, but did George Washington really have wooden teeth? How much ...

Many of George Washington's decisions during his long career were made only after careful readings of the existing cartographical materials. The Granger Collection, New York First in war. First in ...

Built in 1745 as a summer retreat for a prominent Quaker family, the colonial estate was used by Washington and his officers during the Whitemarsh encampment, when his troops monitored the British ...

NPR's America in Pursuit series examines a presidential treasure, a pistol that was lost by George Washington and now can be found at the Smithsonian.

From 2010 until early 2026, there were 34 interpretive panels in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park ...