A growing body of evidence suggests she might have survived into old age — which would entirely change the story of America’s ...

Poor laborers were lured to the automaker’s cattle ranch in the Amazon and promised a better life. Brazilian prosecutors say ...

Dan “Razin” Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, doesn’t want the spotlight—but with this White House, there’s no avoiding it ...

The village cooper demonstrates the nearly forgotten art of barrel-making, a craft that once touched virtually every aspect of daily life. Wooden staves are carefully shaped, fire-bent, and bound with ...

A newly acquired 1790 portrait of George Washington is now on permanent display at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Director Marvin Sadik, right, of the ...

Most people associate George Washington with cherry trees. Supposedly, a young George Washington confessed to his dad that he had damaged a cherry tree with a hatchet. The story is used to stress ...

On the steps of the SC Statehouse sits a statue of George Washington, with a broken walking stick. How it broke, however, is still a hotly debated mystery.

When George Washington, from Virginia, arrived in Cambridge 250 years ago, one of the first things he did was talk to his Massachusetts soldiers about the need for a unified American effort.

Washington’s face, however, was based on an earlier portrait that Savage had painted from life between 1789, the year he was inaugurated as president, and 1790.