The U.S. Senate took a step back from regular business for one of its longest-standing traditions Monday, honoring George Washington by having a senator read his farewell address aloud. This year ...

George Washington’s Farewell Address is largely forgotten today, as its most emphatic caution — to avoid foreign entanglements — seemed increasingly outmoded as the United States became a ...

Before the nation’s first president took office, the Senate voted to bestow upon George Washington the title of “His Majesty, the President of the United States of America, and the Protector ...

Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., will follow a Senate tradition when the Senate meets again next week. The first order of business is for Fischer to read George Washington’s Farewell Address aloud on ...

Washington, DC, 13 December 2022 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Washington, DC, from New York on Tuesday morning, 13 December, to meet with members of ...

From George Washington to ... when the United States was ... is still revered today and read each year in the U.S. Senate. Washington retired from office after serving two terms as president ...