Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...

The last — and only — time the states gathered for a constitutional convention was in 1787, when George Washington had yet to be elected as the United States’ first president. Still ...

As we celebrate Presidents Day, we struggle to remember who George Washington was. That kind of national amnesia isn’t ...

As we celebrate the 293rd birthday of the father of our country, I would like to note that George Washington’s strength of character is still portrayed as the standard for the office of the ...

There’s a historic myth that George Washington rejected an offer to serve as king instead of president for leading the ...

Cape Girardeau’s elected delegate and signatory to the Constitutional Convention was Col. George C. Thilenius, a German immigrant born in the Kingdom of Hanover on Aug. 10, 1829. The family came ...

On Presidents Day, we celebrate the Father of America and his indelible mark on history. Our nation’s first president was born near Popes Creek, Virginia, on February 11, 1731. That date might have ...

There’s a historic myth that George Washington rejected an offer to serve as king instead of president for leading the ...