The two bottles come characteristic of styles from the 1750s and were placed in a forgotten pit.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, former California governor and actor, was the keynoe speaker at a naturalization ceremony at Mount ...

That was the message on the wreath that Arnold Schwarzenegger placed at the tomb of George Washington on July 4 when the former California governor visited Mount Vernon, home of the country’s first ...

Excerpted from “A Son and his Adoptive Father: The Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington” 2006 exhibition at Mount Vernon. So passionate was the Marquis de Lafayette to join the fight for ...

Quiet weather is expected this weekend, while a storm system develops off the southeast coast. Between the southern storm and ...

Washington had the requisite charisma and leadership abilities, but he was also chosen because he didn’t crave the job. As ...

From Abraham Lincoln's appetite for apples to Mark Twain’s odes to oysters, these are some of the surprising favourite foods ...

There's a good chance you've never heard of or visited Tuxedo Park in Buckhead, the Atlanta neighborhood that blends upscale shopping, rich Georgia history, and vibrant nightlife. That's all right ...

George bought up to 50 pounds of chocolate bricks each year. Hot chocolate was a favorite holiday treat, made with ground cocoa, spices, hot water and a little sugar, then frothed.

Very little furnishing was passed on with the house after Martha’s death in 1802 and, when the house was sold by Washington’s great-great-nephew, John Washington III, to the Mount Vernon Ladies ...

Mount Vernon — the former home of George Washington, first President of the USA — is an extraordinary place; a dignified Virginian gentleman’s seat (Fig 1) overlooking the Potomac River that was built ...

The joint effort by the Papers of George Washington at the University of Virginia and the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon anticipates publication ...