George Washington inherited it in 1761 and expanded it dramatically over the decades — most of the work being done by people enslaved at Mount Vernon, officials said. By the time of Washington’s death ...

Dean Norton takes visitors on a rare tour of Mount Vernon and features some of the properties sustainable practices.

A Doctor Friend of George Washington Proposed a Bizarre Way to Resurrect Him Soon After He Died America's first Presidentcould have been brought back to life, claimed a physician of that time.

Jeremy Musson reports on the recent campaign to restore the memorable interiors of George and Martha Washington’s country home. Photographs by Gavin Ashworth, courtesy of Mount Vernon Ladies’ ...

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. There he spent time with his family, tending to much-needed repairs on the property and receiving visitors from ...

Susan Schoelwer, Mount Vernon’s executive director of Historic Preservation and Collections, said there will still be one room, “the new room,” open for viewing. “It was George Washington ...

Other items up for auction include the American flag that covered Abraham Lincoln’s coffin following his assassination.

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 ...

The furniture in the bedroom where George Washington died will go into storage. So will his silver oil lamps, his French ...

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 ...