The land had been settled by his great-grandfather in 1657. The original house where George Washington was born burned in ...

And an excavation last year of the first presidential house in Philadelphia revealed a passageway used by Washington's slaves. "George Washington is hot right now, archaeologically," says Levy.

Now a museum, this 18th-century plantation house (also known as Bush Hill House) was the base for George Washington and his sick half-brother Lawrence (who had tuberculosis) for two months in 1751.

On February 4, 1789, the 69 members of the Electoral College made George Washington ... From the descriptions of Washington’s demeanor en route to the house, he finally surrendered to the ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia. His father, Augustine, is a plantation owner who dies when George is 11. June 15 ...