On December 14, 1799, George Washington died at his home after a brief illness and after losing about 40 percent of his blood. So what killed the 67-year-old former President?

School children are taught that after a life of action and harrowing battles, George Washington died peacefully in his bed at Mount Vernon. In fact, the nation’s first president died a slow and ...

George Washington died on December 14, 1799. The 60-year-old former president was effectively asphyxiated over a two-day period. “I die hard,” said Washington before he passed away.

The two bottles come characteristic of styles from the 1750s and were placed in a forgotten pit.

School children are taught that after a life of action and harrowing battles, George Washington died peacefully in his bed at Mount Vernon. In fact, the nation’s first president died a slow and ...

School children are taught that after a life of action and harrowing battles, George Washington died peacefully in his bed at Mount Vernon. In fact, the nation’s first president died a slow and ...

At 10 p.m. on Dec. 14, 1799, George Washington died at his Mount Vernon home after five decades of service to his country. His last words reportedly were: “I feel ...

As George Washington lay on his deathbed, doctors applied a dried-beetle mixture to his skin to induce blistering; gave him a mercury compound to clear his digestive system; and took five pints of ...