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

George Washington’s Mount Vernon is preparing to say goodbye to one of its institutions. For the past 55 years, Horticulture and Livestock Director Dean Norton has called Mount Vernon home.

George Washington made whiskey. Teddy Roosevelt nearly died in the Amazon. William Taft joined the Supreme Court. A few ran ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...