Mount Vernon Place, with its iconic Washington Monument (the first monument to George Washington in the United States, predating the one in DC), offers lovely gardens and green spaces if you just want ...

The Mount Vernon City Council shared updates at its meeting Wednesday on upcoming housing developments, transportation improvements and an energy project.

The $130M Mount Vernon housing project is targeted at young professionals as well as blue-collar workers with annual incomes ...

Toast America’s birthday with fireworks, parades, concerts and other events in and around Washington, D.C.

Americans spent an estimated total of $13.3 billion on food and beverages for the Fourth of July. As we come together to ...

George Washington's grave at Mount Vernon Vintage engraving of George Washington's grave at Mount Vernon. George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American political leader, ...

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The “Fruit Pebbles” sundae features vanilla ice cream topped with colorful cereal—essentially giving parents the impossible task of explaining why cereal on ice cream is a special treat but ice cream ...

Ready to have a blast this Fourth of July? Check out our big list of parades, fireworks and other patriotic events around Northern Virginia for Independence Day.

Former California governor and “Terminator” star Arnold Schwarzenegger will give the marquee address at a naturalization ...

Not all airspace is open. Whether for safety, secrecy, or national defense -- fly too close and you'll face serious trouble.

"The first formal flower gardens genuinely worthy of the name" in the history of the White House are the Rose Garden and the ...