Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project.

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 ...

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 ...

It was here, in northeastern England, that the ancestors of America’s first president, George Washington, inherited the family name before emigrating to Virginia in 1656. It’s thousands of ...

George Washington, who had been leading the battle ... Raab said his firm bought the letter from a private collector in New England. “We keep our buyers and sellers anonymous, across the board ...