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

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

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 ...

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

Washington inherited Mount Vernon in 1761. Hundreds of enslaved men, women and children lived there over the years. Initial findings show that the fruit was neatly cut using shears, ...

George Washington's Mount Vernon has unveiled a new permanent exhibit, "Lives Bound Together: Slavery at Mount Vernon." This exhibit, opened on Juneteenth, explores the lives of the 317 enslaved ...

Mount Vernon announced back in April, at the start of its archaeological work, that it had found two bottles. As the dig continued, the number increased to 35 in six distinct storage pits.

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.

The U.S. naturalization ceremony at George Washington’s historic Mount Vernon estate included remarks by Arnold Schwarzenegger ...

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 ...

Up 227 dimly lit, winding steps, the view from the top of the fully restored Washington Monument offers a picturesque scene of Baltimore and the four surrounding squares in Mount Vernon below.

On Saturday, Mount Vernon will display important documents from Washington’s presidency. These documents include a copy of his first inaugural address and an official pardon issued by Washington ...