Other items up for auction include the American flag that covered Abraham Lincoln’s coffin following his assassination.

Mount Vernon. There he spent time with his family, tending to much-needed repairs on the property and receiving visitors from ...

The Tornado That Saved Washington Was A Natural Miracle That Extinguished Flames At the Capitol & White House Many have ...

When the British attacked Long Island in August, Washington’s troops faced heavy volleys of musket fire, fusillades of ...

The graying hair has been preserved in a locket that was given to a family friend of the Washingtons and passed down the ...

November’s Auction Block column includes: a religious portrait that passed through George Washington’s family; a gold, ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

The furniture in the bedroom where George Washington died will go into storage. So will his silver oil lamps, his French marble and bronze mantel clock, and most of the other contents of his ...

Cassandra Good is a historian and writer who has taught at Marymount University, George Washington University and the University of Mary Washington. She writes, researches and teaches about early ...

which was part of Washington's dining marquee during the Revolutionary War, is now on display at a museum in Philadelphia ...

George Washington University, a private institution, has been offering online bachelor's degree programs since before 2000-2001. All of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can ...