No lie: It's Washington's Birthday, not Presidents Day
In the summer of 1755, 23-year-old George Washington galloped back and forth across a blood-soaked battlefield near present-day Pittsburgh, trying heroically but unsuccessfully to rally the panicked British force in which he
by CNN As we celebrate President's Day, you probably think you've heard it all about George Washington — the cherry tree, the wooden teeth, crossing the Delaware. But the nation's first president also had an entrepreneurial spirit, and after leaving
Eight presidents were born before 1776 as British subjects–George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, and, after Van Buren, William Henry Harrison. 6. Has any President run as the
By Terry Gardner Special to the Los Angeles Times George Washington had only one natural tooth left when he was sworn in as the first president of the United States in 1789. He was 57. Contrary to myth, Washington's false teeth weren't wooden.
by CNN As we celebrate President's Day, you probably think you've heard it all about George Washington — the cherry tree, the wooden teeth, crossing the Delaware. But the nation's first president also had an entrepreneurial spirit, and after leaving
