Like Trump, George Washington was a businessman with a large real estate portfolio. Along with property in Virginia and six ...
Above all, Washington was a farmer. On his Mount Vernon estate, in northern Virginia, he grew tobacco and wheat and operated a gristmill. After his second term as president, he built a profitable ...
President George Washington delivers his first inaugural address in April 1789 in New York City. Painting by T.H. Matteson, engraving by H.S. Sadd, via Library of Congress ...