New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 incident that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped his views on the battles yet to come As a 26-year-old colonel, Washington ...

BOSTON (AP) — George Washington played a pivotal role in the early stages of the American Revolution, leading the Siege of Boston as his first campaign as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

BOSTON — More than a decade before he became the country's first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution. The Siege of Boston was his ...