Three local groups, including the Washington Commanders, will receive military honors for their support of service members in ...

Most people associate George Washington with cherry trees. Supposedly, a young George Washington confessed to his dad that he ...

A major restoration project is underway at George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Fairfax County, Virginia, in preparation for ...

George Washington's Mount Vernon has unveiled a new permanent exhibit, "Lives Bound Together: Slavery at Mount Vernon." This ...

George Washington’s Mount Vernon is perhaps the most well-known presidential home and museum in the D.C. area. The regal home near Alexandria, Va., is visited by about 1 million people a year.

The two bottles come characteristic of styles from the 1750s and were placed in a forgotten pit.

On March 19, 2024, archeologists and historians at George Washington’s Mount Vernon dig out the bottles believed to have been buried by an enslaved person on the estate nearly 200 years ago.

Members of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and supporters gathered July 8 at the Heights home of Cathy and Mike Mayton to meet the president of George Washington's Mount Vernon museum, Doug ...

Archaeologists examining some of the newly unearthed 250-year-old bottles containing cherries and other fruit that were buried in the basement of George Washington’s home in Mount Vernon, Va ...

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 ...

And at George Washington's Mount Vernon, where the Founding Father kept people enslaved, the conversations will likely get more uncomfortable. And some say it's a welcome change.