Through a years-long, nearly complete restoration project, the conservators of George Washington’s estate on the Potomac have brought the house closer to how the Founding Father would have known it.

After two years of renovations, the first and second floors of George and Martha Washington’s mansion at Mount Vernon have reopened to visitors. The $40 million preservation project at the first ...

While many Americans celebrated Independence Day this year at George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Fairfax County, Virginia, they didn’t get to see the presidential home in its entirety. That’s because ...

The names of people who were enslaved on George’s Washington’s Mount Vernon estate are inscribed on the walls of what was their home: Tom Nokes. Vina. Barbara. Their names are grouped together by ...

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- The Denzel Washington School of the Arts in Mount Vernon was founded in 2015. To go there, students have to be good and they have to be smart. The school provides an inroad to ...

Visitors at Mount Vernon enjoy historical demonstrations, music and tours honoring George Washington’s birthday and the 250th ...