The home of America’s first president is located in its namesake Mount Vernon, Virginia. It’s located about 15 miles south of the Washington, DC, metro area and about 8 miles south of ...

A proposal advancing through the Virginia Legislature would give state and local police the authority to conduct traffic ...

The Alexandria Police Department (ADP) said traffic into Jones Point Park and the Mt. Vernon Trail has been halted as crews ...

Rarely on display because it is so fragile, Mount Vernon is hosting a special public viewing of President George Washington’s historic inaugural coat.

According to the City of Mount Vernon, this will be the first time in over three decades that all of the MTA bridges will be open for pedestrians and vehicle traffic.

The lives of the enslaved African Americans who lived and worked at Mount Vernon in the late eighteenth century were fairly typical of the lives of slaves on large plantations throughout Virginia.

Mount Vernon, the Virginia home of George Washington on the banks of the Potomac River, was a refuge for Union and Confederate soldiers throughout the war. All were welcome to pay their respects ...