Will Donald Trump’s Washington arch celebrate the American republic’s independence from Britain in 1776, or its subsequent ascendance as an imperial power in its own right?

As tensions between Trump and Starmer grow, it will be up to the King to smooth over the cracks during his historic trip to ...

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Pottery vessels recovered from Old Kingdom rock-cut tombs at Qubbat El Hawa in Aswan, Egypt. Credit: Ministry of Culture Archaeologists have uncovered a new group of rock-cut tombs in the southern ...

One British general, after seeing the rebel army in the colonies, was overheard saying, "with a thousand British grenadiers, he would undertake to go from one end of America to the other, and geld all ...

Former U.S. President George W. Bush has published his first essay on Substack, using the platform to reflect on the leadership of George Washington as the United States approaches its 250th ...

An exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington must be restored at his former home in Philadelphia after President Donald Trump’s administration took it down last month, a federal judge ...

A federal judge ruled that a historical George Washington slavery exhibit in Philadelphia must be restored after orders from the Trump administration saw its removal in January. The judge ruled that ...

The 43rd president of the United States launched his blog on the site Feb. 16 with a 1,500-word tribute to another George: President George Washington. “Few qualities have inspired me more than ...

The Signing of the Constitution of the United States, with George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson at the Constitutional Convention of 1787; oil painting on canvas by Howard ...

Today, our Nation honors President George Washington, our foremost American hero, the face of the American Revolution, and a champion of American liberty. On President Washington’s Birthday, ...

This isn’t quite right. Yesterday Bush wrote a little essay about George Washington on Substack. But it was not a criticism of Trump, it was a whitewash. This is a petty complaint. I understand that.