Mount Vernon is about 20 miles south of Washington. The original house was a modest structure built for Washington’s father in 1734. George Washington inherited it in 1761 and expanded it ...

It was renamed Mount Vernon to honor Admiral Edward Vernon, whom George Washington’s half brother, Lawrence Washington, held with the highest regard. The home was passed down by generations of ...

From standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., where Martin Luther King Jr. declared “I Have a Dream” ...

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 ...

“These artifacts likely haven’t seen the light of day since before the American Revolution, perhaps forgotten when George Washington departed Mount Vernon to take command of the Continental ...

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project. The wallpaper was found at the Old York Historical Society in Maine ...

Contact her at [email protected] Buried in the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon home, a treasure trove was waiting to be discovered – an enormous amount of preserved ...