Washington doesn't actually use the word "neutrality" in this short statement, so technically it's titled "A Proclamation," but generally everyone refers to it as a neutrality proclamation. That's...

There was some uproar after Washington independently issued his proclamation of neutrality in April 1793, declaring America's lack of favoritism toward either Britain or France in the new European...

Hamilton's "Pacificus" essays didn't go unanswered. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the rest of the Anti-Federalist, pro-France bunch needed to get their say, too. They saw Washington's procla...

So, we know what Washington's goodbye address looks like, but what about his other addresses? Washington established the tradition of the State of the Union address during his presidency, although...

Washington's final address to Congress (a.k.a. the State of the Union address) was given a few months after he published his farewell address. Much like his 1795 State of the Union, Washington devo...