His 1781 terms of surrender to Gen. Charles Cornwallis ended the war’s last major land battle.

John Hanson, not George Washington, was allegedly the first president of the United States under the Articles of Confederation and Continental Congress.

Every American knows about George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, but what about John Hanson, Elias Boudinot and Thomas Mifflin? Some historians point to the latter three as the country’s ...

As the nation prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. signing the Declaration of Independence, ABC News tracked down the descendants of former U.S. presidents. Those presidential relatives ...