Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (DC News Now) — History lovers have a chance to discover George Washington’s influence beyond his Mt. Vernon ...

Go inside George Washington's Mount Vernon with its official historian, Lindsay M. Chervinsky, Director of the Presidential Library. In our turbulent times where true leadership is lacking, the ...

If you're looking for a new shade of paint to catapult your home into the new year, you might want to look to this founding father for inspiration.

The furniture in the bedroom where George Washington died will go into storage. So will his silver oil lamps, his French marble and bronze mantel clock, and most of the other contents of his elegant ...

Only keen-eyed visitors will notice some of the subtle changes to George Washington’s Mount Vernon home, like a new finishing on the mantle in the former president’s study or the reworked underground ...