In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an American victory over the British at the 1777 Battle of Princeton. Peale ...

Set in an ornate gold frame, the criminal booking photo was in close proximity to portraits of Founding Fathers, including first President George Washington, and the only president to serve more ...

Photograph by Bridgeman/ACI When George ... himself after everything that his mother was not. Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia.

On April 26, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a large British raiding party attacked the American supply depot at Danbury, Connecticut, burning houses and barns and destroying stores of shoes, ...

George Washington girls basketball coach Jamie Lamaster made a strong push for his sophomore guard as a candidate for Class ...

Students from Washington Elementary School were recently honored for creating artistic rendorings of America’s first ...

‘General George Washington Resigning His Commission,’ an 1824 portrait by John Trumbull in the U.S. Capitol (photo: Public domain) Thomas Griffin Blogs February 17, 2025 In the summer of 1783 ...

George Washington at the Battle of Princeton (1783-84) is another one of Peale's versions of the scene. Princeton University Art Museum Previous “botched” restoration attempts involved a ...