The new Apple TV+ historical drama Franklin chronicles Benjamin Franklin's time in France during the Revolutionary War, during which he sought help for George Washington's beleaguered Continental ...

During the Revolutionary War, conditions were dismal for American colonists ... Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under the ...

While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution, choosing sides and deciding whether to fight in the war was far ... on the sea. Had George Washington been less ambivalent ...

"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” That famous description of George Washington by his friend and fellow patriot Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee is ...

click image for close-up After the revolutionary war ... the Battle of Cowpens recorded in John Marshall's biography of George Washington. According to Marshall, "a waiter, too small to wield ...