(AP) - Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly ... on Popes Creek Plantation near the Potomac River in Virginia. Technically, though, he was born Feb.

George Washington served as the first president ... A woman named Louisa Bird Cunningham passed the property while traveling down the Potomac River one night in 1853 and was dismayed by its ...

George Washington did help build the capital. In July 1790, Congress passed the Residence Act which called for the permanent capital of the U.S. to be located on the Potomac River. The city was ...

Prince George’s County police honored members of the special units that responded to the deadly midair crash near Reagan ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at ... Situated on the broad Potomac, Mount Vernon was one of the great loves of Washington’s life. The Active FreemasonIn 1752, at ...