The film recounts the early life of George Washington, highlighting his upbringing on a Virginia tobacco plantation. It ...

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

Thompson, a research specialist at Mt. Vernon, studies the domestic life, foodways, and religious practices of the residents of George Washington's plantation, with a special interest in the slave ...

Presidents Day has changed dramatically over the years. For some historians, the holiday has lost discernible meaning.

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Journal of the Illinois State Historical... Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984) Vol. 3, No. 3, Oct., 1910 A Sketch of the Life ...

While attending the International Solvay Congress in Brussels, he was invited, in the summer of 1934, to lecture at the University of Michigan. 1934-1956 Professor, George Washington University, ...