For one, Gregg Amore said the State House is no longer fit to house a giant portrait of former president George Washington that’s more than 200 years old and worth millions. "It is not being ...

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The White House has hung a painting of President Donald Trump depicting a moment after an assassination attempt against him ...

Leaders of state humanities councils throughout the country say federal funding cuts by President Donald Trump's ...

this exhibition lies at the heart of the Portrait Gallery's mission to tell the American story through the individuals who have shaped it. Ever since George Washington became President in 1789, the ...

As the British neared the White House, Dolley Madison directed that a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington be removed. The Montpelier Foundation In the years leading up to America’s ...

On February 4, 1789, the 69 members of the Electoral College made George Washington ... In a new biography, Washington: A Life, Ron Chernow has created a portrait of the man as his contemporaries ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George Washington led his own fight for independence in America. Washington was born on ...

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 ...