WASHINGTON -- While moving pictures were taken of the scene, President Taft today signed the proclamation making Arizona the 48th state of the union. The president affixed his name with a gold pen ...

On April 26, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a large British raiding party attacked the American supply depot at Danbury, Connecticut, burning houses and barns and destroying stores of shoes, ...

UVU professor Rick Griffin knows Washington; he’s spent the past decade researching material for a book about our first president’s administrations.

If passed, House Bill 1446 would rename Presidents Day to George Washington’s Birthday. Originally established in honor of the first president, the holiday’s meaning has evolved into a ...

George Washington was the first president of the United States. He has long been referred to as “the father of our country.” Yet as we celebrate Presidents Day, we struggle to remember who he ...

The holiday was originally intended to celebrate George Washington, the first president, but it has come to encompass the 45 men who have held the office since. Here's what you need to know about ...

In 1787, General George Washington presided ... decried it as an invitation to tyranny. Washington, who maintained a studied silence from the president's chair, was the solution.