The lack of pensions for Revolutionary War veterans was a national shame so profound that President James Monroe included it ...

In 1827, naturalist John Audubon announced a massive discovery: the largest North American eagle. But did the Washington sea ...

George Washington served as the first president of the United States from age 57 in 1789 to age 65 in 1797, but before that, he was known for his military leadership during the French and Indian ...

Artifacts of military, political and everyday life The famous portrait by Charles Willson Peale of George Washington as the commander of the Virginia Regiment (1772) speaks to the role he held ...

It is a Charles Willson Peale portrait of George Washington. But this one is different from the other six Peale portraits of the first president. Painted in 1772, it shows a younger man ...

All submissions must depict figures from a long, eclectic list issued in a previous executive order, which included traditional heroes like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Sacagawea ...

George Washington, who presently surveys the Oval Office from his position above the mantel in an 18th-century portrait by Charles Willson Peale, was wary of designs that smacked of royal ...

Abolitionist, friend to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson ... thing towered over the city,” Maklansky said. A Charles Willson Peale portrait of Lafayette on loan from Washington and ...

At its entrance up against a bold red wall, Charles Willson Peale’s portrait of George Washington as a colonel in the Virginia Regiment is showcased alongside his silver-hilted smallsword worn ...

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Above the fireplace, a Charles Willson Peale portrait of George Washington has replaced the smaller version that once hung there. The walls are now crowded with closely ...