Mount Vernon is undergoing a renaissance. Today the site's annual attendance matches its highest since 1976. Why? Visitors used to spend only an hour or so at his house, then leave still thinking of George Washington as that grim, old man on the dollar bill. Now, visitors meet him face-to-face in three life-sized statues, and they can't get enough of America's first action hero.
In his final public address from the White House, a reflective President Bush on Thursday recalled the ups and downs of his eight-year tenure and said he was willing to make the tough decisions.
While President-elect Barack Obama will certainly be making history when he takes the oath of office on January 20, he'll also be repeating it -- by placing his hand on the same Bible that Abraham Lincoln used during the inauguration of 1861.
Use this resource as a brief history of presidential inaugurations and the traditions associated with them.
Here's what I see as I cross the intersection of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue: a sleek woman in to-die-for jeans speaking a language I can't pin down; an iPod-toting jogger with shopping bags from a tony store; a model (or she should be) in knee-high boots and a thigh-high skirt. It's like a well-cast movie -- all the elements fit like a study in big-city fashion.
In January, President-elect Barack Obama and his family will make history, becoming the first African-American first family to move into the White House -- a house with a history of slavery. In fact, the legacy of American presidents owning slaves goes all the way back to George Washington.
Unlike in previous U.S. presidential elections of recent times, the battle for the White House in 2008 begins just a short drive west from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, across the Potomac River amid the commuter belt sprawl of northern Virginia.
Unlike in previous U.S. presidential elections of recent times, the battle for the White House in 2008 begins just a short drive west from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, across the Potomac River amid the commuter belt sprawl of northern Virginia.
Since the days of George Washington, U.S. presidents have carved out a long tradition of official road trips, if not by motorcade, then by railroad or horse and carriage.
What do Pinocchio, Richard Nixon, and an "O, The Oprah Magazine" very inventive columnist all have in common? Every now and then, when the situation calls for it, they've been known to bend, sculpt, or otherwise contort the facts to their liking. Hey, if it saves Bambi's mother...
Mount Vernon is undergoing a renaissance. Today the site's annual attendance matches its highest since 1976. Why? Visitors used to spend only an hour or so at his house, then leave still thinking of George Washington as that grim, old man on the dollar bill. Now, visitors meet him face-to-face in three life-sized statues, and they can't get enough of America's first action hero.
In his final public address from the White House, a reflective President Bush on Thursday recalled the ups and downs of his eight-year tenure and said he was willing to make the tough decisions.
While President-elect Barack Obama will certainly be making history when he takes the oath of office on January 20, he'll also be repeating it -- by placing his hand on the same Bible that Abraham Lincoln used during the inauguration of 1861.
Use this resource as a brief history of presidential inaugurations and the traditions associated with them.
Here's what I see as I cross the intersection of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue: a sleek woman in to-die-for jeans speaking a language I can't pin down; an iPod-toting jogger with shopping bags from a tony store; a model (or she should be) in knee-high boots and a thigh-high skirt. It's like a well-cast movie -- all the elements fit like a study in big-city fashion.
In January, President-elect Barack Obama and his family will make history, becoming the first African-American first family to move into the White House -- a house with a history of slavery. In fact, the legacy of American presidents owning slaves goes all the way back to George Washington.
Unlike in previous U.S. presidential elections of recent times, the battle for the White House in 2008 begins just a short drive west from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, across the Potomac River amid the commuter belt sprawl of northern Virginia.
Unlike in previous U.S. presidential elections of recent times, the battle for the White House in 2008 begins just a short drive west from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, across the Potomac River amid the commuter belt sprawl of northern Virginia.
Since the days of George Washington, U.S. presidents have carved out a long tradition of official road trips, if not by motorcade, then by railroad or horse and carriage.
What do Pinocchio, Richard Nixon, and an "O, The Oprah Magazine" very inventive columnist all have in common? Every now and then, when the situation calls for it, they've been known to bend, sculpt, or otherwise contort the facts to their liking. Hey, if it saves Bambi's mother...
Independent Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman spoke to the Republican National Convention Tuesday night. Here is the text of the speech:
The director and Blockbuster aficianado talks to TIME about his video past and his current film
A U.S. Navy submarine leaked trace amounts of radioactive water for two years as it made port calls in Japan and other Asian nations, the Navy said Thursday.
Producer Judd Apatow continues his popular assault on common decency in "Pineapple Express," an R-rated celebration of recreational drugs, anti-authoritarianism and mindless violence.
Water with trace amounts of radioactivity may have leaked for months from a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine as it traveled around the Pacific to ports in Guam, Japan and Hawaii, Navy officials told CNN on Friday.
The U.S. Navy fired the captain and executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington on Wednesday because of a massive fire that damaged the ship in May, Navy officials said.
There were 56 men who put quill to parchment during the Summer of Independence in 1776.
After nearly three years of excavation, archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of the site of George Washington's boyhood home near the banks of the Rappahannock River in northeast Virginia.
The archaeologists were delighted to at last find the remains of George Washington's boyhood home but got stumped when they looked for evidence of the cherry tree and rusty hatchet
With thousands of vets experiencing PTSD, the military debates whether mental injuries merit its loftiest honor
A soothsayer, Fernando Frias is not.
One sailor was treated for first-degree burns and 23 others for heat stress after a fire on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier burned for hours, the Navy said Friday.
For journalists, Kentucky Derby chaos begins in earnest when the race ends. We watch the race from some less-than-ideal location (we are given sensational viewing spots on the balcony at the front of the press box, but it is nearly impossible to report quickly after the race from that perch, because of the crush of humanity between the sixth-floor balcony and racetrack-level winner's circle). Then we scramble to find quick and genuine reaction, before time dulls emotions.
Who gets the church? Who gets the people? Who gets George Washington? A bitter battle leads to one legal decision -- and a promise of more court appearances
Underrated: George Washington. They've outscored opponents by an average of 12.3 points. They've won 20-of-23 games. And they have senior guards: Kimberly Beck (13.6 points, 6.3 assists) and Sarah Jo Lawrence (whose 3.85 GPA is more impressive than her 13.2 points). Add to that wins over tournament darling Texas A&M and Auburn (their first-round opponent). Traveling across the country -- the Colonials play at Stanford's Maples Pavilion -- won't be easy, but this is a veteran team with tournament success. Last year, George Washington advanced to the Sweet 16.
"Every action in company ought to be done with some sign of respect to those that are present."
Who says the European Union is undemocratic? Its citizens will have the chance to vote for the design of the new two-euro coin
A woman wearing a T-shirt with the slogan "Go fund yourself" across her chest offers me a grilled shrimp hors d'oeuvre. Another woman, dressed as a "Georgette" (a female version of George Washington), hands out dollar bills with a blank face on the front. The scene? A launch party in Boston for Richard Branson's new company, Virgin Money USA. The message? Branson's new firm will change the face of money by replacing inflexible loans from big banks with a more personal, nimble approach to lending.
The tangled web of subprimes has claimed more than its share of victims in recent months: homeowners by the hundreds of thousands, to be sure, but also those who created, packaged, insured, distributed, and ultimately bought what should have been labeled "junk mortgages" but which by a masterstroke of marketing genius received a more respectable imprimatur.
When you take your bundle of joy home from the hospital, it's inevitable you won't do everything right. We asked pediatricians for the five most common mistakes parents make with their newborns.
Four blocks off Broadway and 1,900 miles removed from the football fields of West Texas, the collective fans of film and football flocked to the first-floor auditorium of Stuyvesant High on the West Side of Manhattan in early October.
Author Jay Winik's tour de force Civil War book, April 1865: The Month that Saved America, was a surprise international bestseller. The book also turned the author into a favorite go-to guy for top CEOs and government leaders seeking historical perspective on what Winik calls "the poetry of leadership." Last week, Winik published a brilliant new work, The Great Upheaval, which takes a panoramic look at the critical close of the 18th century, intertwining the tumultuous events taking place in America, France and Russia.
If there's any reliable guide to market panics, it would be George Washington. Atop his granite pedestal, with its commanding view of the intersection of Broad and Wall streets, he has witnessed more than a century of financial mayhem. Being cast in bronze, he can't convey the lessons of history so directly. But chief among them is: Panics are precisely the moment you need someone of his stature (roughly 12 feet).
There's a stillness that permeates the streets -- and the water -- in Irvington, Virginia. The glasslike surface of Carter's Creek is so calm you can't help but touch it to see if you'll cause a ripple. The scent of warm, dry grass fills the air. Colors appear softer. It feels almost magical.
Here are five things you probably didn't know about the lottery.
The NBA playoffs go on so interminably that unless you're in a city with a team still left standing, who can even remember that it's this season they're still playing? Isn't it bizarre? Even as we start the NBA Finals on Thursday, there's been more interest in players who will enter the league next year. Note to commissioner David Stern, who loves having games start late at night and be separated by days and days ... and more days ... in order to get better TV coverage: This is what is called being hoisted on your own petard.
xyKhalid Sheikh Mohammed has admitted responsibility for the 9/11 attacks and a catalog of other terrorist acts, according to an edited transcript of a tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
To the untrained ear, the thud meant little.
Admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told a U.S. military tribunal he personally beheaded Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002, the Pentagon revealed Thursday.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, admitted to those attacks and numerous others during a U.S. military hearing on Saturday, according to an edited transcript of the hearing released by the Pentagon Wednesday.
Some owners of the recently released George Washington Presidential coins unwittingly got a little more bang for their buck - and they have God to thank.
Coin enthusiasts and casual collectors lined up Thursday morning at Grand Central Terminal in New York for the first opportunity to get the $1 presidential coin - but the new coin's widespread adoption is far from guaranteed.
The U.S. Mint will issue a dollar coin featuring the likeness of George Washington this Thursday, the first in the series of presidential coin dollars.
People are talking about the George Washington women's basketball team, but coach Joe McKeown hopes his players aren't listening.
Another week of rankings brings another shakeup in the bottom half of the top 10. Stanford has recovered from a slow start to the season and is back in the top 10 for the first time since Nov. 20 after a win against Arizona State.
The U.S. Mint is issuing a new series of gold collector coins that feature the nation's early First Ladies, the Mint said Tuesday.
With books about George Washington arrayed on a shelf behind him in his office in Kabul, Afghan President Hamid Karzai talked to Fortune recently about the nation-building challenges that still con...
As his cab wound through the narrow streets toward Ground Zero, Henry Pitkin recalled the day his city was attacked.
From Elvis to Ali
On the third Monday in February, schools and banks close, federal buildings shut down, and a deluge of advertisements for three-day sales overwhelm even the avid shopper. What's the occasion? Well, that depends on whom you ask - and where you live.
The Wednesday sale of a portrait of George Washington will help the New York Public Library to procure more books and manuscripts -- but not as many as predicted.
Two portraits of George Washington by renowned artist Gilbert Stuart, one of them commissioned as a gift for Alexander Hamilton, are to be auctioned Wednesday at Sotheby's in Manhattan.
In case you missed it! This is an excerpt from the May 14, 2005 show.
Buttons and stickers and signs, oh my!
Concerned that the prestige of the congressional gold medal is being diluted because Congress is doling out too many of them too often, the House voted Wednesday to cap the number of medals approved each year at two and placed other restrictions on who can receive it.
Quick: What will $36,750 buy you?
U.S. presidents have guided us to wartime victory and plunged us into economic depression. All of their triumphs and failures can teach us a thing or two about our own careers.
Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer, owns a home in Woodside, Calif. that most people would consider a pretty decent place to live.
Gentlemen, start your hair dryers.
As America toasts its founding, pause to consider beer's role in the history of the Republic.
Whether it's because fireworks have lost their fizzle or beaches seem ho-hum, some travelers are turning to Revolutionary War-era sites to celebrate America's birthday and savor a unique summer vacation.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - You brag about the stock you bought that doubled in value, but never mention the three on which you lost your shirt.
Behind closed doors during a stifling Philadelphia summer, a group of men drafted the document that became the cornerstone of American government for the next two centuries and the world's oldest written national constitution.
If your hunger for mystical esoterica hasn't been fully slaked by Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code or its 500-page Illumminati-obsessed prequel, Angels and Demons, David Ovason's new book, The Secret ...
If your hunger for mystical esoterica hasn't been fully slaked by Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" or its 500-page Illumminati-obsessed prequel, "Angels and Demons," David Ovason's new book, "The Secret Symbols of the Dollar Bill" (HarperCollins, $19), may do the trick.
Not long ago, a patient who asked his physician about acupuncture would have probably gotten a dirty look. Today some medical doctors have incorporated acupuncture into their practices, and studies...
This presidential portrait, on loan to the Smithsonian, will be taken back by its cash-strapped owner unless the museum can scare up $20 million. We could ask our wealthy (and attractive!) readers ...
Here's a debate for the ride home from D.C.: Is our nation's capital the magnificent emporium George Washington envisioned or the town of Southern efficiency and Northern charm J.F.K. wryly observe...
It was a wondrous place and a heady time--the great Exposition of 1904. It was the Meet Me in St. Louis fair, about which Judy Garland would one day sing, "Don't tell me the lights are shining anyp...
What would George Washington think? At the dawn of the new millennium, the most powerful military force in Europe--by far--is America's. The army of first recourse when ethnic and national rivalrie...
Arguing that preventable medical errors kill more Americans each year than highway accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS, a prestigious National Academy of Sciences panel recently recommended that Cong...
They were a scholar, a drunk, and a clown, with a plan to tap the Scottish Enlightenment for all it was worth. As it turned out, putting all of 18th-century culture into serialized book form didn't...
Not everyone is buying the IRS' less oppressive image. Dozens of Asian-American entrepreneurs in Los Angeles say the IRS has unfairly targeted them for audits and has selectively charged an "ozone ...
Good rum has never gotten the consideration it deserves. In the U.S. we drink more rum than we do Scotch--about half a liter a year, per capita. But much of that is in hideous concoctions with frui...
NEVER MIND THE FLAT TAX, THE FEDERAL DEFICIT OR even family values. To thousands of Americans, the '96 presidential election is about one thing: grabbing up all the pins, pens and posters they can ...
OKAY, Michael Hammer, how do you handle this one? Here's a line of business whose customer base is shrinking. Rivals battle for market share by offering deep discounts. If they hold the line on pri...
How do companies live to a ripe old age? It helps to avoid nostalgia, be flexible, or sell insurance. Of the ten oldest U.S. companies identified by Dun & Bradstreet's business information service ...
-- Here's the latest in personal hygiene accessories: Matsushita Electric Industries' Oral Checker. The $90 pocket-size device rates odoriferous breath on a four-step scale: sweet, so-so, pretty ro...
! AS THE COLD WAR fades into history, the gates are closing forever at military bases in the U.S. and abroad. Weapons production lines from Connecticut to California have shut down. That's good new...
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Printer, publisher, writer
Sure, George Washington quickly owned up to cutting down the cherry tree, but he wasn't asking his father for a job. Hence the more than $100 million a year industry where corporations screen poten...
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