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Learn more why Ellis describes slavery and the treatment of Native Americans as great contradictions in American history

Discuss how has the first president's vision for the country been shaped by the centuries, and what he might think of the state of Democracy in the U.S. today

How has the first president's vision for the country been shaped by the centuries?

Explore the making of this PBS documentary and why students continue to study the American Revolution

A conversation about U.S. history, the presidents and slavery and how we teach it

A series of historical documents sheds light on the final moments of George Washington, whose cause of death has been a mystery for hundreds of years.

Presidents Day is observed on George Washington's birthday, Feb. 18. Follow a tour guide at Washington's Mount Vernon estate, who is also a distant relation of an enslaved person at the former plantation, who offers his perspective about American history, slavery and the founding fathers.