History Channel’s three-night miniseries event “Washington” premieres Sunday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. ET. By Matthew Rozsa Matthew Rozsa is a former Salon staff writer.

America’s first president George Washington addressed the assembled Congress with the first State of the Union on this day in history, Jan. 8, 1780. Washington’s address took place at Federal ...

It meant that Washington's mission of securing independence from the British survived another year. John Godzieba, center, portrays Gen. George Washington at the Delaware River crossing ...