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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ... Before the inauguration, ...

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

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 ...