A renovation project at George Washington’s Mount Vernon mansion uncovered two sealed glass bottles full of cherries. 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 ...

Staff at Mount Vernon have been working on restoring each of the rooms in the Mount Vernon mansion since new evidence about Washington’s life surfaced in the last 10 years.