Beneath the floors of George Washington’s Mount Vernon mansion, archaeologists uncovered two perfectly preserved sealed ...

Beloved Martha, Mary Wiseman, Looks Back with Joy Mount Vernon’s Martha Washington is hanging up the bonnet and dress after 20 years.

A recent gift to Mount Vernon highlights the artistry of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, and it serves as an important counterpoint to her popular image as a diminutive, self-effacing figure.

I was in Washington a few weeks ago to visit National Review Institute’s office in Arlington, Va. Mount Vernon -- the mansion, garden, distillery, tombs, museum, and splendid view -- is a few ...

Martha had an almost maternal relationship toward Fanny, who came to live permanently at Mount Vernon in the mid-1780s. It appears that Martha wrote more letters to Fanny than to anyone else in ...

Referred to the first rock star, the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to North Jersey in 1825 caused quite a stir. 'Lafayette' ...

This is the second in a series of columns on the President’s Cabinet. With the advent of the Department of Government ...

Contrast that with the “big, beautiful” spending bill being steered through Congress by today’s career politicians, who ...

Sitting on the reference stacks at the Charlie Clark Center for Local History at Arlington Central Library are five thick, ...

From Founding Fathers to fireworks, the American Village in Montevallo, Alabama, will get you in true patriotic spirit.

Duke Ellington’s birth certificate, Frederick Douglass’s will, and other documents in the DC archives are in a building that ...