Mount Vernon’s Martha Washington is hanging up the bonnet and dress after 20 years. Mary Wiseman says it's time to hang up her bonnet as Martha Washington in Mount Vernon. Photo by Mike Salmon .

On May 4 and 5, at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, people can explore a replica of the tent that General George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, used from 1775 to 1783 ...

America's 250th anniversary is officially being marked by a year‐long series of national events, beginning Memorial Day 2025 and rocketing into July 4, 2026. With events spanning the federal ...

U.S. PRESIDENTS (1732–1799); WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VA. George Washington served as the first president of the United States from age 57 in 1789 to age 65 in 1797, but before that, he was known ...

In 1759, 5-foot-tall Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington. She was, at age 27, one of the wealthiest women in Virginia. At the time of the wedding to George, Martha’s “property” included ...

Around 120 slaves out of 317 at his Mount Vernon estate were eligible to be freed according to the will. But by law, neither George nor Martha Washington could free the slaves owned their adoptive ...

In any event, George Washington died at Mount Vernon sometime before 11 p.m. on Dec. 14, 1799. His last words were, “Tis well.” His final act, fitting for this man of action, was to feel his ...

Robinson was the direct descendant of Caroline Branham, the nursemaid of Mount Vernon who summoned Elisha Dick to Mount Vernon as George Washington passed away. Robinson’s father, Robert, was educated ...

Until his death in 1799, the structures were stored at his home in Mount Vernon, Virginia. Washington had no children of his own, so George Washington Parke Custis, the grandson of Martha ...