Somewhat lost to history in our memory and mythology of the founding fathers is the fact that their optimism regarding their ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at ... at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. Two years later he was elected president. Photograph by Bridgeman ...

George Washington, who led America through ... to form a new government to replace the Articles of Confederation in 1787, Washington was chosen to lead both the Virginia delegation and the entire ...

In 1787, General George Washington presided over the Constitutional Conventionwith sphinx-like inscrutability. He betrayed ...

Seventh graders at Weber Middle School brought history to life by reenacting the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Students auditioned for roles like George Washington and Alexander Hamilton ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George ... end, Washington agreed to lead the Constitutional Convention in May 1787.