Would George Washington have been an ally to modern-day gun-rights groups? A social-media meme suggests that he would have. Around the time of Washington’s 282nd birthday, a reader sent us the ...

With the ceremony taking place along the River Seine, the image of James leading Team USA while wielding the American flag on a boat as the rain poured down became an instant meme with many fans ...

George Washington said that a free people need "sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence" from their own government. In January 2016, a quote attributed to first U.S ...

Mr. Trump may yet follow George Washington in proudly displaying it to visitors. Whatever the case, the mug shot, like the unstable daguerreotype and the blurry snapshot and the meme, absolutely ...

And then there’s George Washington. He might be the first president, but the stoic general who led the Americans to an unlikely Revolutionary War victory doesn’t exactly lend himself to memes ...