George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else ... are expected to reflect stylized, ceremonial speaking. Such speeches strive to reach beyond the immediate ...

Rocky star Stallone was speaking at a Mar-a-Lago gala last Thursday when he made the presidential comparisons that were, to say the least, hyperbolic. "When George Washington defended his country ...