Researchers just uncovered two 18th-century cherry bottles in the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon home. The green ...

It was renamed Mount Vernon to honor Admiral Edward Vernon, whom George Washington’s half brother, Lawrence Washington, held ...

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project.

The first president realized that working with Congress – not alone or against it – was the best way to actually create an ...

The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association (MVLA) has awarded the Ann Pamela Cunningham Medal to Karen Buchwald Wright, a resident ...

Mary V. Thompson, a research specialist at Mt. Vernon, studies the domestic life, foodways, and religious practices of the residents of George Washington's plantation, with a special interest in ...

The George Washington Presidential Library, located at Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Virginia, will be open on Presidents Day, Feb. 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. It was last open to the ...

The statue is on loan from George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and will stay in Tallahassee for the next year. A statue of George Washington was put on display in the Florida Capitol on ...

On George Washington’s 293rd birthday, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association (MVLA) honored Mount Vernon, Ohio, resident Karen ...

Much later James Vernon (1646-1727) was secretary of state during King William III’s reign. Tourists walk by a cellar door at George Washington’s residence in Mount Vernon, Va., on June 17, ...

That famous description of George Washington by his friend ... Following the death of his sister-in-law, Washington officially inherited Mount Vernon in 1761. Situated on the broad Potomac ...