Excerpted from “A Son and his Adoptive Father: The Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington” 2006 exhibition at Mount Vernon.

The former California governor is the latest to recognize that the most remarkable thing about the first president was not ...

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Two hundred years to the day, Major General Marquis de Lafayette was again honored by admirers when Mount Vernon Estate held a re-enactment of his Oct. 17, 1824, return to George Washington’s ...

Portrait of George Washington goes on display at Yorktown museum The painting portrays Washington after his successful crossing of the Delaware.

"The first formal flower gardens genuinely worthy of the name" in the history of the White House are the Rose Garden and the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden.

Most people associate George Washington with cherry trees. Supposedly, a young George Washington confessed to his dad that he ...

A major restoration project is underway at George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Fairfax County, Virginia, in preparation for ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger, former California governor and actor, was the keynoe speaker at a naturalization ceremony at Mount Vernon on July 4.

George Washington’s Mount Vernon has unveiled a new permanent exhibit, “Lives Bound Together: Slavery at Mount Vernon.” ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger, former California governor and actor, was the keynoe speaker at a naturalization ceremony at Mount Vernon on July 4.

Former California govenor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger placed a wreath at the tomb of George Washington on July 4 when Schwarzenegger visited Mount Vernon, home of the country's first president.