The first true commander-in-chief of the armed forces to lead the Revolutionary War was not, as many believe, George ...

In May 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a brigadier general anxiously wrote George Washington a letter about a British raid that had just occurred in Danbury, Connecticut. Though the British ...

Today, Washington’s war tent sits in the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, where it reigns as a “rock-star object,” as the New York Times has called it.

General George Washington inspects Continental Army troops during the Revolutionary War weekend at the Mount Vernon estate May 6 and 7. Photo courtesy of Rob Shenk/George Washington’s Mount Vernon ...

The Museum of the American Revolution is celebrating President's Day with a weekend full of events paying tribute to the nation's first president, George Washington. From Saturday, Feb. 15 ...

How a public health crisis nearly derailed the American Revolution. George Washington confronted a smallpox epidemic with a belief in science—and a controversial plan.

George Washington is known as one of the heroes of the American Revolution, but he actually started his military career as a member of the British army in the colonies.

A letter written by George Washington in 1777 that is valued at $150,000 is up for sale this Presidents Day. The letter, acquired by the Raab Collection, was written during the Revolutionary War ...

In effect, the American Revolution did not end when Gen. Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington; it has been a living and constantly growing set of truths.