Ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary, Mt. Vernon in Virginia has undergone the most ambitious preservation effort in its history.

The furniture in the bedroom where George Washington died will go into storage. So will his silver oil lamps, his French marble and bronze mantel clock, and most of the other contents of his elegant ...

The people who were about to become United States citizens sat in folding chairs on George Washington's lawn at Mount Vernon on Saturday, 250 years after the Declaration of Independence. The sun ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have unearthed a "spectacular" discovery at Mount Vernon ...

Sip like the nation's foremost founding father this Fourth of July. George Washington's Mount Vernon is releasing an ...

As residents from around the Washington, D.C., area and tourists from far-flung corners of America (and the world, thanks to FIFA) gathered at the National Mall last Saturday, our lovely hosts decided ...

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Mount Vernon’s newly renovated Education Center unveils an illuminating exhibition on the nation’s first leader.

This is the first of two podcast episodes recorded at the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. Part two will be published on Thursday. When you walk into the reading room here, it ...

"I Never See That Man Laugh to Show His Teeth" : George Washington and Martha Washington as Slave Owners -- "A Plant of Rapid Growth" : New Ideas and a Change of ...