For 40 years, a large full-length painting of George Washington (1732-1799), the first president of the United States, at the end of the Battle of Princeton (1777), had been welcoming guests to the ...

Before the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, exhibitions and events in many states offer a ...

Donald Trump’s rococo Oval Office decorations are old-fashioned and un-American.

Last month, the Richmond museum opened its exhibition, “Give Me Liberty: Virginia & the Forging of a Nation,” with an array ...

The Marquis de Lafayette, or at least a highly regarded facsimile of him, will address French Quarter Festival early birds in Jackson Square on Saturday, April 12, the culmination of a long ...

Those selected would receive up to $200,000 to create one of the 250 sculptures, which will be paid for in part with canceled ...

Artifacts of military, political and everyday life The famous portrait by Charles Willson Peale of George Washington as the commander of the Virginia Regiment (1772) speaks to the role he held ...