Archaeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate found a hoard of 18th-century bottles buried in an old cellar ...

Virginia’s by-right ... an upper floor to separate the wheat from the chaff. The grain fell through slots in the threshing floor to be collected below. Mount Vernon built a replica of the ...

Between ten and eleven on December 14, Washington died in his bedchamber with Martha at the foot of his bed. His last words ...

MOUNT VERNON, Va. — This weekend, George Washington’s Mount Vernon transforms into a wine lover’s paradise as the Spring Wine Festival returns from May 16–18. Guests are invited to bring a ...

Above all, Washington was a farmer. On his Mount Vernon estate, in northern Virginia, he grew tobacco and wheat and operated a gristmill. After his second term as president, he built a profitable ...

The Washington estate of Mount Vernon. (Image by Bob Pool, Shutterstock) Washington’s father, Augustine, was the owner of plantations and slaves, and it was on the farms of Little Hunting Creek and ...

The victorious general of the American War of Independence and first President of the United States retired from public life in 1797, at the end of his second term, and withdrew to his estate at Mount ...

In seeking to fire its superintendent, the Mount Vernon City School District has argued that it is a poor district with limited resources and that it cannot afford to pay the superintendent's ...

VA 22121 Celebrate the autumn season with 18th-century activities and demonstrations at the Farm at Mount Vernon. Activities include wheat treading demonstrations in Washington's 16-sided ...

Archaeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon have discovered dozens of glass jars filled with fruit preserves in the cellar of the historic Northern Virginia home that "likely haven't seen ...

The home of America’s first president is located in its namesake Mount Vernon, Virginia. It’s located about 15 miles south of the Washington, DC, metro area and about 8 miles south of ...