Washington was and is widely admired as the father of the country, but Morris’s statement ignored a well-known fact: While Washington had no biological descendants, he raised a number of children.

With further digging, I located a Washington descendant who had compiled just what I was looking for: a massive family tree that showed all the descendants of George Washington’s father.

Lie? George is famous for his confession to his father, “I cannot tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet,” referring to the cherry tree incident. Historians and scientists confirm that Augustine’s ...

The former California governor is the latest to recognize that the most remarkable thing about the first president was not ...

George Washington served as the first president of the United States from age 57 in 1789 to age 65 in 1797, but before that, he was known for his military leadership during the French and Indian ...