After two years of renovations, the first and second floors of George and Martha Washington’s mansion at Mount Vernon have ...

George Washington's historic Mount Vernon mansion reopened Wednesday following a transformative $40 million restoration, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project. The wallpaper was found at the Old York Historical Society in Maine, ...

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 ...

MOUNT VERNON, Va. — 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.

Officials at Mount Vernon said Thursday that archaeologists have unearthed 27 more bottles containing the remnants of cherries and assorted berries that were stored about 250 years ago in the basement ...

George Washington’s Mansion at Mount Vernon Reopens After Two-Year, $40M Renovation After two years of renovations, the first and second floors of George and Martha Washington’s mansion at Mount ...