George Washington

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On This Day: Washington believes that discipline is as vital to victory as guns

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February 24, 2026 9:12 am

Washington writes to Nicholas Cooke, the governor of Rhode Island, introducing Frederick William, Baron de Woedtke, a Prussian-born former officer who has been driven ashore by bad weather on Cape Cod.

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On This Day: Prussian officer squanders Washington and Continental Army’s generosity

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February 23, 2026 10:46 am

This image illustrates the alliance between the American colonists and the Oneida Indian Nation during the Revolutionary War (image courtesy of Pennsylvania Wilds)

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On This Day: Washington to the Six Nations: ‘We don’t need you to take up the hatchet for us’

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February 20, 2026 11:47 am

An uncredited painting from the collection of George Washington's Presidential Library at Mount Vernon depicting Washington looking on Boston in the winter of 1776.

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On This Day: Bold assault on Boston quashed when gun powder supplies are cut in half

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February 19, 2026 9:28 am

Columnists

On This Day: Washington’s compassion toward prisoners of war is discreet but effective

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February 18, 2026 12:16 pm

Columnists

On This Day: Action feels imminent with Washington in Boston

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February 17, 2026 2:04 pm

President's House Site exhibit, night view The home was demolished in 1832; today, a low brick wall and architectural elements evoke the feeling of a house. The exhibit is outdoors and can be viewed until 10 p.m. (NPS photo. Photograph by Joseph E.B. Elliott.)

News

Federal judge orders restoration of slavery exhibit in Philadelphia

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February 17, 2026 3:36 am

Painting courtesy of the Library of Congress depicts the new militia from Connecticut arriving at Cambridge and Roxbury.

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On This Day: Time is ticking in Boston for Washington

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February 16, 2026 11:58 am

Thomas Mumford was a merchant from Groton, a thriving community located at the mouth of the Thames River, in southeastern Connecticut. Washington writes him on this day in search of gunpowder (Photo by Ken Bohrer visit him here)

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On This Day: New militia arrives at Roxbury as Washington works to secure gunpowder

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February 13, 2026 11:25 am

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On This Day: Washington’s surveillance forces a hasty British evacuation from Boston

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February 11, 2026 11:07 am

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Tag: George Washington

On This Day: Washington believes that discipline is as vital to victory as guns

On This Day: Prussian officer squanders Washington and Continental Army’s generosity

On This Day: Washington to the Six Nations: ‘We don’t need you to take up the hatchet for us’

On This Day: Bold assault on Boston quashed when gun powder supplies are cut in half

On This Day: Washington’s compassion toward prisoners of war is discreet but effective

On This Day: Action feels imminent with Washington in Boston

Federal judge orders restoration of slavery exhibit in Philadelphia

On This Day: Time is ticking in Boston for Washington

On This Day: New militia arrives at Roxbury as Washington works to secure gunpowder

On This Day: Washington’s surveillance forces a hasty British evacuation from Boston

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