George Washington

He believes in Federalist 70’s “Energy in the Executive.”

The commander-in-chief initially barred black soldiers from joining the ranks, but he came to understand the value—both moral and strategic—of a diverse force.

What looks like an excess of strength may really be a deficit of liberty.

How a dispute with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor made the southern colonies’ embrace the radical cause.

Circumstances in which people are feeling extreme disorientation are potent breeding grounds for people who are willing to exploit it in moments of crisis.

At the time of the Civil War, many Americans revered the nation’s Founding Fathers, and both supporters and opponents of slavery recruited them to their sides.

America’s only successful insurrection.

Make one of President George Washington's favorite cocktails.

Ask George Washington.

On Nathanael Greene’s inauspicious start.

On the construction of America's new capital city.

The enduring necessity (and importance) of a nearly 200-year-old technology.

"I was always working on a theory of America."

Right from the beginning, a commercial spirit and the wealth it generated were essential to creating and constituting America.

Historians Rosemarie Zagarri and Holly Brewer explain the anti-monarchical origins of the Constitution and the presidency.

Federal lighthouses symbolized a vigorous young nation barreling toward maturity.

While many Americans gushed about the effectiveness of the ‘Destruction of the Tea,’ others thought it went too far.

Florida’s new standards for teaching social studies include throwbacks to an interpretation of slavery as benign or inconsequential.

Though technologies have altered information warfare, the underlying principles remain unchanged since the day-to-day operations of the Continental Army.

Harry Washington fought for his enslaver's enemy during the American Revolution. Later, he migrated to Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone.