Christy Emmanuel can trace one family line to 1234. Those who followed are tied to U.S. history and now chronicled in a ...

A new exhibit at President George Washington's estate in Mount Vernon will open to the public on Juneteenth, and it explores ...

Mount Vernon is about 20 miles south of Washington. The original house was a modest structure built for Washington’s father in 1734. George Washington inherited it in 1761 and expanded it ...

So we created this itinerary by tweaking the trials and errors from our visit, so you can be more efficient with your time. Really the biggest thing is to plan to spend most of yo ...

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project. The wallpaper was found at the Old York Historical Society in Maine ...

While America is defined primarily by its principles, part of how we tell the American story is through place: through George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello ...

George Washington’s 1789 inauguration suit coat is now on display at Mount Vernon. Our first President was intentional with his details: the domestically produced wool suit was meant to promote ...

Mount Vernon is about 20 miles south of Washington. The original house was a modest structure built for Washington’s father in 1734. George Washington inherited it in 1761 and expanded it ...