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 ...

Archeologists have made a remarkable find at George Washington’s Mount Vernon in the ground beneath the cellar — two sealed bottles containing plump cherries. The discovery was made recently during ...

The furniture in the bedroom where George Washington died will go into storage. So will his silver oil lamps, his French marble and bronze mantel clock, and most of the other contents of his elegant ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Most people associate George Washington with cherry trees. Supposedly, a young George Washington confessed to his dad that he had damaged a cherry tree with a hatchet. The story is used to stress the ...

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 ...

MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) — 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.