Shortly after taking command of the Continental Army in July 1775, General George Washington ordered an accounting of the ...

By Henry HoweDirector, Fort Jackson Museum CommunityWhen the American Revolution began on April 19, 1775, the colonies relied on local militias to ...

This article was written by Boyertown Middle School East Eighth-Grade Students Aislyn McAghon, Gabi Carr, and Elena Childs.

This year, the U.S. Army Infantry Branch celebrates 250 years since its creation by the 2nd Continental Congress. Several ...

is a plantation owner who dies when George is 11. June 15, 1775 Having served with distinction in the French and Indian War, Washington is appointed as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army ...

George Washington was not that person. He didn't brag or boast. He realized that to hold his army together and maintain the support of the public and the Continental Congress, he had to maintain ...

Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and the first President of the United States of America,” Sarno said in his proclamation naming Saturday as “George Washington Day” in Springfield.

George Washington was the first president of the US. He's widely-regarded as the father of the country. Here's a look at the typical schedule he stuck to when he was at his Mount Vernon plantation.

Army History, No. 117 (Fall 2020), pp. 6-27 (22 pages) Benjamin H. Newcomb, “Washington’s Generals and the Decision to Quarter at Valley Forge,” Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 117, no.

After the Bristish occupying army left Boston, Washington issued ... even as delegates to the Continental Congress struggled to sustain the fiction that George III remained a friend to American ...

The city of Sparta, in conjunction with the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution, held a plaque dedication ceremony ...

In 1634, English colonists sent by Lord Baltimore arrived in present-day Maryland. In 1776, Gen. George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, was awarded the first Congressional Gold Medal by ...