Washington desperately wanted to be a great man, and to be remembered as such.

The words of Benjamin Franklin are often invoked nowadays. On Monday, Sept. 17, 1787, at the closing session of the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia, Franklin, a highly respected ...

“Washington’s Lieutenants: Major Versus Brigadier Generals in the Revolutionary War” sets expectations with its callback to the three-volume classic Civil War study, Douglas Southall Freeman’s “Lee’s ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! White House Historical Association Chief Education Officer Matthew Costello talked about the Constitutional foundations of the American presidency.