That famous description of George Washington by his friend and fellow ... the British during the French and Indian War. He first saw battle in his very early twenties, and he learned that he ...

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 ...

Though they worked in close proximity for years, Alexander Hamilton and George ... Army Commander Washington during the retreat from New York. After Hamilton served in the battles of Trenton ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine ... Near Toledo, Ohio, Washington sent federal troops to fight seven tribes of Native Americans in the Battle of Fallen Timbers in the summer of 1794.

Thousands of people gathered on Sunday at Washington Crossing to watch the historical reenactment of George Washington ... in Emanuel Leutze’s famous painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware.