It was not even the first national Thanksgiving – which was held on Dec. 18, 1777, at then-General Washington’s behest. Nor ...

Sign up here to follow this column by email. They came for George Washington on a chilly November night in 2020. Wielding ...

The excerpt below sheds light on the president’s state of mind as the first Inauguration Day approached. The Congressional delay in certifying George Washington’s election as president only allowed ...

Washington doesn’t impose that duty on the people. He acknowledges their desire, expressed through Congress, to fulfill this ...

Colonial Americans, including George Washington, celebrated countless "thanksgivings" throughout their lives – just not in ...