The Library of Congress presents a database of books, correspondence, journals, military papers and much more from George Washington. The images are in GIF format.

The Library of Congress provides an electronic publication of "The Diaries of George Washington" with a five-part introduction and interesting background information included.

Everything you need to know about this life of George Washington is included on this site. This comprehensive site allows you to read short summaries of different events in Washington's life. Click the links following the descriptions...

Washington began his involvement with the French and Indian War by volunteering to be a Britain's emissary to the French to order them to leave British territory. However, he became mired in the conflict and ended the war when the French...

George Washington kept an official diary of his daily activities as chief executive officer of the new government. Eight pages from 1793 are reproduced here.

Here you will find a variety of cool facts about the geography of the state of Washington. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.

Provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Washington includes information on the featured poets (Linda Bierds and Richard Hugo) and poems specifically about Washington.

The Booker T. Washington National Monument in Hardy, Virginia, is on the site of the Burroughs Plantation where Mr. Washington was born a slave in 1856. In addition to information about monument activities, this site offers a biography,...

A brief summary of the design of Washington D.C. by Pierre-Charles L'Enfant. View the capital building with a bird's eye view from present day and from 1871, with the painting and photo on this site.

"George Washington Carver" is a one page, biographical passage about George Washington Carver, an African American professor who taught farmers and students better methods for farming, including planting peanuts to improve the soil. It...

"George Washington Carver" is a one page, biographical passage about George Washington Carver, a famous African American, who taught farmers better farming methods including planting peanuts to improve the soil. It is followed by an...

This is an excerpt of the text and an audio book of the full text of the novella The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

General order written by Washington to express pleasure of the Treaty of Alliance with France, ratified in May, 1778.

Read about the March on Washington on August 28, 1963 where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

Follow the schedule of George Washington on his inauguration day. For each event, a summary, pictures, or a video is included with explanations of that particular event. A transcript of his inauguration speech is provided.

"Washington Crossing the Delaware" by German Emanuel Leutze is one of the most recognizable images in the history of American art. Read the backstory and view pictures of this painting.

Described as a "prominent English radical", this essay refers to the correspondence that Patience Wright had with George Washington.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An excerpt of a speech given by President Barack Obama commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

A Library of Congress bibliography of books about George Washington for middle school students.

A second grade does some research on George Washington and provides a timeline of his life with accompanying artwork and descriptions.

This site is the government health site for the state of Washington. Includees health alerts, health data, publications, etc.

In a Washington Post essay written the week of Paz' death, Hass discusses his work and presents one poem in translation, "Wind and Water and Stone."

Young scholars will discover the reasons behind the March on Washington and analyze the impact and consequences on the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.

Here is a gold mine of information about advertising from 1867 to 1918 in the western part of the United States, particularly the Pacific Northwest. This collection of 450 ads shows social, cultural, and economic trends during this time...