NEW YORK, June 22 (Reuters) - George Washington's personal copy of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights sold for $9.8 million at auction on Friday, setting a record for an American book or ...

George Washington leads the creation of the new United States Constitution. Explore the many challenges facing the new nation and see how our founding fathers, led by George Washington, created the ...

FAIRFAX, Va. — For obvious reasons, and with some justification, the supporters of the Tea Party movement that has so energized the recent political landscape in America seek to enlist the Founding ...

On Sept. 17, 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed a newly crafted Constitution for the United States. The men had spent all summer working on the document, honing ...

In 1787, General George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention with sphinx-like inscrutability. He betrayed not a flicker of emotion as the architects of a new nation wrangled over the ...

America's two-term limit for presidents stems from George Washington's precedent and the 22nd Amendment, a tradition Trump may challenge Only one person in US history has defied the two-term example ...

Colonial Americans, including George Washington, celebrated countless "thanksgivings" throughout their lives – just not in ...

A More Perfect Union: George Washington and the Making of the Constitution is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, ...