George Washington

To help guide us forward, sometimes it is best to look back to the past.

Most people think the third Monday in February is Presidents Day, but that's not the official federal holiday.

Traditionally, post offices have been closed on the holiday, but this year some customers will be able to conduct business.

America's first president is unique and deserves to be honored individually. We need to return him to his place of honor on the calendar and in our hearts.

General George Washington's decision in 1783 to resign his military commission defied precedent, history and human nature itself.

Comey, who was fired by the president in May 2017, tweeted the message from the founding father's 1796 farewell address.

Whatever the Democrats might tell you, America remains that shining city on the hill.

In his commencement address, Fred Ryan, the CEO and publisher of The Washington Post, encouraged Wake Forest graduates to be seekers and stewards of the truth.

He helped forge the framework of freedom that allows each of us to pursue happiness.

"Tis well," Washington said before his death, according to his personal secretary, Tobias Lear.

The president appeared to be in high spirits Wednesday evening as he spoke to a crowded room of reporters.

Not long after George Washington took office, one of the most serious threats to the authority of the federal government and stability of the new nation arose in the form of a tax resistance.

No prizes for guessing who came in last place.

"Donald J. Trump makes his ranking debut at the bottom of the list," the survey states.

The locks were found tucked inside an envelope.

The famed showman founded the Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Washington, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton can all be seen despairing of the president in their Oval Office portraits.

Carlson backed Trump's claims that "both sides" were to blame for the deadly violence in Virginia.

The first president got his first slaves at age 11.

The president said Monday he doesn't like receiving Fact Checker ratings in "The Washington Post."

The musical's big U.K. debut has found its first cast members.

Compared to George Washington or Honest Abe, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton fall short.

Atlantic Records A&R vice president Riggs Morales and Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter of the Roots on the 'Hamilton' Mixtape project.

How 'Hamilton' biographer Ron Chernow met Lin-Manuel Miranda and with him made musical history.

How the presidential mansion has changed over time, from the balcony to the bowling alley.

Our first commander in chief was instrumental in the creation of the American executive's most recognizable symbol.

Who were Sweetlips, Satan, Grim, Veto, Stubby and J. Edgar?

Just ahead of MLK Day, the publisher announced it would stop distributing a book slammed for its portrayal of George Washington's slaves.

The State of the Union was, for much of U.S. History, a memo to Congress. Now it's a giant spectacle.

Character flaws deserve scrutiny, but they should not prevent us from admiring our nation's heroes.