A young George Washington hungers for fame and prestige as an officer in the British military.

How did George Washington turn a rag-tag group of men into a disciplined fighting machine?

American history author David McCullough discusses the challenges George Washington faced in commanding the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

When George Washington was young, he copied down 101 rules of social behavior that would later become a book of his titled Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.