George Washington’s Farewell Address is one of the key documents of America’s founding era. It’s not as familiar as the ...

Section I: The crisis of creation : The first farewell ; Washington at home ; A reluctant president ; The seeds of the two-party system ; The death of the one-term dream ; Second-term blues ; Hating ...

Presidential farewell addresses, like inaugurations, are often conversations across the generations. They aim to connect the past and the present with a vision of the future. President Obama went out ...

Mount Vernon is 21 miles from my home. Lately I can almost feel the tremors from the nation’s general-turned-first-president spinning in his grave there.

I. The French menace. An angry inauguration -- The neutrality proclamation -- Citizen Genêt -- A darkling plain -- The Little Sarah -- The Genêt harvest -- Jefferson seeks escape -- A rocky road -- An ...

In 1796, an exhausted George Washington did a truly remarkable thing — he announced that he would not seek a third term as president, a term he could have easily won. Washington enlisted Alexander ...

George Washington’s Farewell Address is one of the key documents of America’s founding era. It’s not as familiar as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and some other writings, but ...

Hamilton on Foreign Policy By Lee H. Hamilton George Washington’s Farewell Address is one of the key documents of America’s founding era. It’s not as familiar as the Declaration of Independence, the ...

Hamilton on Foreign Policy By Lee H. Hamilton George Washington’s Farewell Address is one of the key documents of America’s founding era. It’s not as familiar as the Declaration of Independence, the ...