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

George Washington’s 1789 inauguration suit coat is now on display at Mount Vernon. Our first President was intentional with ...

George Washington took the oath of office as America’s first president on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City.

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European ...

A proposal advancing through the Virginia Legislature would give state and local police the authority to conduct traffic ...

At the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, actors portraying Ross are busily sewing bedclothes for a doll-sized version of ...

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 ...

Rarely on display because it is so fragile, Mount Vernon is hosting a special public viewing of President George Washington’s historic inaugural coat.

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States ... Before the ...

22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at ... Following the death of his sister-in-law, Washington officially inherited Mount Vernon in 1761. Situated on the broad Potomac, Mount ...

In doing so, they unanimously elected George Washington to be the first U.S. president. Upon hearing the news, Washington ...