Rails to Trails Conservancy, the country's largest trails, walking and bicycling advocacy organization, today announced that ...

The people who were about to become United States citizens sat in folding chairs on George Washington’s lawn at Mount Vernon on Saturday, 250 years af ...

MOUNT VERNON, Virginia – The black walnut handrail inside Mount Vernon dates back to 1758, 18 years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. “It’s older than the United States,” a docent ...

MOUNT VERNON, Va. – George Washington never did cut down the cherry tree, despite the famous story to the contrary, but he did pack away quite a few bottles of the fruit at his Mount Vernon home.

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 blanket and ...

MOUNT VERNON, VIRGINIA—According to a UPI report, additional eighteenth-century bottles containing preserved fruit have been recovered from a cellar at Mount Vernon, George Washington’s Virginia ...