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 ...

The Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France has been commissioned to restore the 1779 painting from the ...

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 ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia. His father, Augustine, is a plantation owner who dies when George is 11. June 15 ...

Born on February 22, 1732, to Augustine Washington, a Virginia farmer, and his wife, Mary, George Washington received some formal education as a youth. But the major focus of his learning was on ...

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George Washington led his own fight for independence in America. Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Pope's Creek, Virginia. His father's death in 1744 ended his formal education.