George Washington, a Founding Father, led the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War and became the first U.S. president.

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Two secret battlefield letters written by George Washington during one of the toughest winters of the Revolutionary War have recently surfaced and are now up for sale — just in time for America’s ...

An exhibit about slavery outside Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, shown here in Oct. 2025, was removed by the National Park Service on Jan. 22, 2026.Michael Yanow—NurPhoto via ...

Andrew O’Shaughnessy, a history professor at the University of Virginia, is the author of “The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire.” He is a ...