Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the […] ...

He concluded, he later wrote, that the troops were “ exceeding dirty & nasty people ” led by indifferent officers with an “ ...

In 1775, an unsung hero of the Revolutionary War, Western Pennsylvania's Colonel William Thompson, helped drive back the ...

President Donald Trump told an Iowa crowd he would sign the megabill legislative package in a patriotic ceremony on July 4 ...

Contrast that with the “big, beautiful” spending bill being steered through Congress by today’s career politicians, who ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, July Fourth week is a time for 250th anniversary events, the ...

Traitor or hero? Statue of George Washington stirs mixed reaction in London. By Steve Hendrix The Washington Post,Updated June 18, 2025, 8:21 p.m.

One of the qualities George Washington’s contemporaries most liked about him was that he was not eager for power. This led to his June 14, 1775, appointment 250 years ago as commander-in-chief ...

A local farmer is feeling the brunt of the Trump administration’s cuts to agricultural programs. Emma Jagoz, the owner of Moon Valley Farm in Frederick County, Maryland, has provided fruits and ...

Above all, Washington was a farmer. On his Mount Vernon estate, in northern Virginia, he grew tobacco and wheat and operated a gristmill.

Making Blue Pigment the George Washington Carver Way I spent the holidays trying Carver's technique, which showed the care the inventor had for his community a century ago Betsy Phillips Jan 6, 2025 ...