Located on the Rappahanock River, Washington would spend most of his childhood there. George was only 11 years old when his father died. Upon his father’s death, the plantation and all its holdings ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...

In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental ... As a result, they were highly susceptible to infection. In the early to mid-1700s, Colonial Boston and Philadelphia were repeatedly ...