It has been years of planning and executing, but now the majority of the largest renovation ever at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate is complete just in time…
Read more George Washington’s home sees major upgrades in time for US semiquincentennial – WTOP NewsThe American Red Cross is helping over 100 people after an overnight fire at an apartment building in Mount Vernon. Flames shot of out of the top floors…
Read more More than 100 people impacted by Mount Vernon apartment building fireOn this day in 1799, A. March informed readers that he had “Elegant Prints of the Washington Family.” Included were his Excellency George Washington, Lady Mary Washington, her…
Read more History Happenings: Oct. 18, 2025SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. – A 2.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Big Lake, Washington early Friday morning. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake struck about 1.24…
Read more 2.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Big Lake, WAYou only have a few weeks to plan a visit before the first president’s mansion shuts down for a major construction project. The Mount Vernon estate along the…
Read more George Washington’s Virginia home closes to the public next month – WTOP NewsThe discovery was made recently during the mansion’s revitalization project. The contents of the bottles will undergo laboratory analysis, and they will be conserved for eventual display. Archeologists…
Read more Mount Vernon archeologists find 2 bottles containing plump cherries from more than 200 years ago – WTOP NewsMOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Mount Vernon Police arrested a suspect on Friday after they allegedly tried to start a fire in an apartment they barricaded themselves in. On…
Read more Suspect arrested for arson, resisting arrest at Mount Vernon apartment complexWith so many challenges to education — learning about the institutions of slavery and the presence of Critical Race Theory in education among them — are local museums…
Read more How DC-area museums honor Black history and educate on ‘issues in the past’ – WTOP NewsMount Vernon mother shares her own horror story to warn of internet grooming The mother of a 14-year-old girl who disappeared from her Mount Vernon home is speaking…
Read more Mom of missing Washington teen says her daughter’s ‘trying to sort this all out’ after being rescued in MIMOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A memorial service was scheduled Monday for one of the four University of Idaho students stabbed to death in their home early Nov. 13,…
Read more Memorial set Monday for one of 4 Idaho university victimsFirst US President’s Estate Gets First Major US Deployment by Wearable AR Pioneer ARtGlass Press Release – updated: Nov 20, 2018 MOUNT VERNON, Va., November 20, 2018 (Newswire.com)…
Read more Mount Vernon Launches Groundbreaking Smartglasses Augmented Reality Tour
