This is one of those weeks I had difficulty getting this column started, because where do we start and where do we end? Last ...

Spoiler alert! We're discussing details from the new George Washington biopic "Young Washington" (in theaters now), so beware if you haven't seen it yet. There’s a lot you don’t know about the man on ...

It is the quintessential imagery of a desperate man, drained of all earthly strength and power, who’s come to the end of his own knowledge and wisdom. He takes a knee in humbleness to God. This is the ...

William Franklyn-Miller plays the title icon as model-handsome and moody, with a cast of supporting scowlers featuring Ben Kingsley and Andy Serkis. “Young Washington” is like one of those great-man ...

As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, historians are looking back at the founding-era documents that helped define the nation's earliest ideals. Among them is a little-known 1790 ...

A lesser-known legacy of the first president is his Mount Vernon distillery, whose return has helped revive an interest in American whiskey. The distillery at Mount ...

Washington, D.C., City Council member Janeese Lewis George, a democratic socialist, has won the Democratic primary for mayor, NBC News projects, putting her in line to manage the capital city and its ...

This Friday at 9 p.m. Eastern time, the United States of America will be competing in its first game of the 2026 FIFA World Cup against Paraguay. And if Team U.S.A. wins, it could be the first step ...

The New York Public Library (NYPL) is giving visitors a chance to "taste history" by recreating George Washington's beer recipe from the first president's 1757 military journal, which is housed in the ...

In his 1757 military journal, then-Colonel George Washington kept daily notes on life in the Virginia militia he led during the Seven Years’ War. Some writing—such as officers’ commissions, orders and ...

Small beer is a low alcohol beverage that everyone drank in the 18th century because it was safer than imbibing potentially contaminated water. The main ingredient in Washington's recipe is molasses, ...

A round of beer seems like an appropriate way to celebrate America’s upcoming 250th birthday — especially when it’s inspired by the original recipe of President George Washington himself. To ...