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  1. Discovering the First Washington Monument

    By Edwin S. Grosvenor, Spring 2018 , Volume 63, Issue 1

    Built in 1778 by a member of the British Parliament who admired George Washington, the vandalized monument stands on an old estate now in ruins. More >>>

  2. George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution

    By Nathaniel Philbrick, Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017, Volume 62, Issue 4

    It became convenient to portray Benedict Arnold as a conniving traitor, but the truth is more complex. The brilliant general often failed to get credit for his military wins, suffered painful wounds, lost his fortune while others profiteered, and finally gave up on the disorganized and often ineffective efforts to win the American Revolution. More >>>

  3. The Battle that Led to Victory at Yorktown

    By Nathaniel Philbrick, Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books, Volume 64, Issue 5

    Largely overlooked in histories of the Revolution, the Battle of the Chesapeake is in fact one of the most important naval engagements in history, leading to the American victory at Yorktown. More >>>

  4. France And Us

    By Richard Brookhiser, August/September 2003, Volume 54, Issue 4

    The French helped us win our Revolution. A few years later we were at war with Napoleon’s navy. The two countries have been falling in and out of love ever since. Why? More >>>

  5. “Washington At Monmouth”

    By The Editors, June 1965, Volume 16, Issue 4

    Neglected for over half a century, Emanuel Leutze’s huge historical canvas hovered near oblivion. Then this magazine helped to rediscover More >>>

  6. I Love Washington

    By David McCullough, April/May 1986, Volume 37, Issue 3

    A noted historian’s very personal tour of the city where so much of the American past took shape—with excursions into institutions famous and obscure, the archives that are the nation’s memory, and the haunts of some noble ghosts More >>>

  7. The Student Who Exasperated George Washington

    By Charles S. Clark, September 2023, Volume 68, Issue 6

    The president worried that his grandson had “an unconquerable indolence of temper, and a dereliction, in fact, to all study.” More >>>

  8. A Near Thing at Yorktown

    By Harold A. Larrabee, October 1961, Volume 12, Issue 6

    “Admiral Graves lost no ships… he merely lost America” More >>>

  9. The “Military Crimes” of Charles Lee

    By Thomas Fleming, April 1968, Volume 19, Issue 3

    Hardly had the dust settled at Monmouth when a major general was court-martialled for misbehavior in action. And something else was at stake: George Washington’s prestige More >>>

  10. “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”

    By Edwin S. Grosvenor, Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017, Volume 62, Issue 4

    Important new information on the central figure in the early American republic has surfaced with the publication of new volumes of Jefferson's journals and correspondence. More >>>

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