From the time Mount Vernon was built to today, the estate has witnessed countless moments in history, from George Washington’s inauguration in 1789 to the effects of World War II. The mansion at ...

Within a few hundred feet of the tomb of George Washington the skeleton of a man was discovered by Gatekeeper Vickers to-day in a dense growth of underbrush on the Mount Vernon estate. The man ...

George Washington’s 1789 inauguration suit coat is now on display at Mount Vernon. Our first President was intentional with his details: the domestically produced wool suit was meant to promote ...

living on Judge Washington's estate, Mount Vernon," read the ad in the Alexandria Daily Gazette. That free man was undoubtedly Sambo Anderson. George Washington might not have recognized his ...

Betsy Ross actor Nina Gold hand-sews bedding for a miniature bed, a replica of that made for George Washington's estate in Mount Vernon. (Emma Lee/WHYY) The sewing project was launched to mark the ...

Mount Vernon, the Virginia home of George Washington on the banks of the Potomac River, was a refuge for Union and Confederate soldiers throughout the war. All were welcome to pay their respects ...

It doesn’t look like much: A drab, brown, long coat, that sits behind glass in a well-appointed room at the Mount Vernon estate in Virginia ... of President George Washington’s historic ...

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 ...

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European royalty, will be on display at Mount Vernon. By Alexander Nazaryan Fashion ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George Washington led ... to his now massive estate, Mount Vernon. Marriage to Martha ...