A great American tale about honesty may not be all that honest. A myth surrounding George Washington, the first U.S. president and Founding Father has been debunked by contemporary historians. One ...

George Washington met Lafayette when the marquis was just 19 years old, and Lafayette served on Washington’s staff in the Continental Army. Theirs was a lifelong friendship that developed into a ...

DNA analysis of unmarked remains has shed light on a long-standing mystery surrounding the fates of President George Washington’s younger brother Samuel and his kin.

On Saturday, the Wikipedians of the world will unite in the first Great American Wiknic, a Wiki-Picnic for editors of the online encyclopedia. The contents of the picnic will be entirely user ...