Rather than mixing Jell-O shots, however, these men were sipping Washington's Madeira wine among other common alcoholic ...

A rare portrait of George Washington has been sold by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for $2.8 million, auctioned alongside two other pieces of Americana recently deaccessioned by the ...

A rare portrait of George Washington could sell for as much as $2.5 million at auction next month. The painting, created by artist Gilbert Stuart, has been in the collection of New York’s ...

Who invented peanut butter? Discover the surprising history behind peanut butter, its inventors, and George Washington Carver ...

this exhibition lies at the heart of the Portrait Gallery's mission to tell the American story through the individuals who have shaped it. Ever since George Washington became President in 1789, the ...

Camille Davis is writing a book called Visual Prestige: The Role of Portraits in Shaping the Nascent Identity of American ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

Because without him, you could imagine what the world would look like. Guess what? We got the second George Washington.” ...