On Presidents Day, George Washington’s Farewell Address offers urgent guidance for today, warning against partisan extremism, moral decline, debt, ...

Washington feared that partisanship could lead to the destruction of the Constitution and to the rule of “ambitious, and ...

In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences from his Farewell Address. I’d largely forgotten about them—the final address contains enough wisdom to fill volumes—until, on a whim, I ...

Here are 10 facts that make Presidents’ Day a distinct, and often misunderstood, national holiday. Despite its popular ...

George Washington’s Farewell Address is one of the key documents of America’s founding era. It’s not as familiar as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and some other writings, but it ...

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As he prepared to leave office in 1796, President George Washington delivered a farewell address in which he warned: “The alternate domination of one faction over the other, sharpened by the spirit of ...

The United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the country’s founding document, in 2026. Twenty years later, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of ...