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

At the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, actors portraying Ross are busily sewing bedclothes for a doll-sized version of George Washington’s canopy bed. They are bringing to life evidence that ...

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 ...

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 ...

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European royalty, will be on display at Mount Vernon. By Alexander Nazaryan Fashion ...

In doing so, they unanimously elected George Washington to be the first U.S. president. Upon hearing the news, Washington traveled from his home in Mount Vernon, Virginia, to New York City to be sworn ...

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 ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the ... Washington traveled over 200 miles from his home in Mount Vernon, Va, to New York for the ceremony.

There’s a historic myth that George Washington rejected an offer to serve as king instead of president for leading the foundling nation to military victory in the Revolutionary War. Historians trace ...

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 ...