The uniform worn by General George Washington when he resigned his commission on December 23, 1783, is on exhibit in the Arts and Industries Building. The Military History exhibition opened in 1958 as ...

In 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish ...

Washington, George Brown, Arthur Walter ... Gurney, George, "Sculpture and the Federal Triangle," Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985, pg. 269-273. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor ...