New water fountains and refill stations are coming to the Mount Vernon Trail, the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial and other ...

Mount Vernon Parks Foundation volunteer Peter Wheeler points to the new Little Mountain Park trail map Friday at one of the park’s five kiosks.

He was 71 years old. Williams grew up on South 5th Ave. in Mount Vernon, part of a family with serious basketball DNA. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Nearly three years ago, John Campo, a police officer in Mount Vernon, New York, was venting to another officer, Murashea Bovell, on the phone. Campo didn’t know that Bovell was recording the call.

In 1781, a French map showed George Washington the folly of attacking the British in New York. Now Mount Vernon has the map, which changed history, and hundreds of others collected by a donor.