George Washington used the light of this brass candle stand while laboring over his farewell address in 1796. Richard Strauss / NMAH George Washington was a man of many talents.

In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences from his Farewell Address. I’d largely forgotten about them—the final ...

President George Washington issued his Farewell Address on this day in history, Sept. 19, 1796. He spoke proudly of the new nation but also warned of the dangers of party politics.

Since 1896, the United States Senate has marked Washington's birthday by having a member read the Farewell Address aloud in a legislative session. According to family tradition, President Washington ...

In reflecting upon the farewell address, it’s easy to see that the very issues Washington focused on—political rivalry, foreign affairs—“are still relevant today,” Rubenstein said.

George Washington’s Farewell Address was unlike Joe Biden's or Donald Trump's speeches. Religion, for Washington, was not a mere slogan. God was not someone to be remade in the image of his ...

In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences from his Farewell Address. I’d largely forgotten about them—the final address contains enough wisdom to fill volumes—until, on a whim ...

Letter: George Washington’s farewell address contains his belief that, among other things, political factionalism will cause the destruction of our nation from within.

Washington’s farewell address captured this precarity by embracing his own vulnerability and inevitable death (incidentally, not unlike Jesus did at the Last Supper).