Requiem for the 240-year-old Mount Vernon tree features cannon fire and scripture. Sgt. Zachary Zelkowski, left, and Capt. Henry Leutner fire a cannon as the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Regiment, known as ...

MOUNT VERNON, Va. — Mount Vernon is celebrating the 250th anniversary of George Washington taking command of the U.S. Army. They are hosting an event Saturday, June 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event ...

A renovation project at George Washington’s Mount Vernon mansion uncovered two sealed glass bottles full of cherries. The cherries, complete with stems and pits, still had their signature scent. The ...

MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) — The earliest known portrait of George Washington is on public display at his historic home. Washington’s Mount Vernon estate put the 1772 portrait by Charles Willson Peale on ...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Ramon Rivera's music classes aren't so much lessons as they are a celebration. "When we perform mariachi music it's a lot of joy," he said. "The spirit in the room changes. It' ...

All Interstate 5 Lanes were reopened Tuesday afternoon at the Skagit River Bridge in Mount Vernon after a car was struck from behind and crushed under a semitruck. “Miraculously,” the Washington State ...

The most expensive property to ever list in the Alexandria portion of Fairfax County is a piece of George Washington's original Mount Vernon estate. The River View Estate was first deeded to George ...

Terri Markle fell in love with Mount Vernon Triangle, a Northwest Washington neighborhood, by walking around it. The creator of a travel blog called Female Solo Trek, Markle got to know the ...