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

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.

From the early settlers and the Revolutionary War against Britain, soldiers have played a key role in the seminal events that have shaped America.