1754, Lt. Col. George Washington led a party of Virginia soldiers out of an encampment in the Ohio Valley. The conditions were horrid—a night “as black as pitch,” as the young commander ...

Washington had moved to his family home in 1754. His father had built the large mansion in colonial Virginia on 8,000 acres some 20 years earlier. George inherited the estate, which produced ...

George Washington, who led America through the Revolution ... for the first time and was hardened by the rough lifestyle. In 1754, during the French and Indian War, Washington led troops against ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

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 ...