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

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

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

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

As the U.S. inaugurates another president, the home of George Washington is displaying historical artifacts from the first Inauguration ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20 will mark the 60th presidential swearing-in ceremony in United ...

Vernon, studies the domestic life, foodways, and religious practices of the residents of George Washington's plantation ... decade treated patients in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Alexandria ...

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 ...

The nation's very first Inauguration Day had to be postponed as an exceptionally cold and bitter winter delayed the counting ...

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 ... Washington traveled over 200 miles from his home in Mount Vernon, Va, to New York for the ceremony. A little more than ...