Breakfast with George Washington and America's Smallest Hometown Parade

IMGXYZ131IMGZYX George Washington’s favorite breakfast was “hoecakes swimming in butter and honey.” Join “General Washington” for a sample of this meal (while supplies last) prepared over an open fire.

George Washington's Birthday Celebration

George Washington’s favorite breakfast was “hoecakes swimming in butter and honey.” Join “General Washington” for a sample of this meal (while supplies last) prepared over an open fire.

Following the breakfast sampler, families can participate in "America’s Smallest Hometown Parade,” complete with fife and drum corps, 18th-century music, farm animals, and “General Washington.”

Breakfast: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., while supplies last
America's Smallest Hometown Parade: 1:30 p.m.

General Washington will be pleased to receive your birthday greetings! Find him near the Mansion throughout the day.

Additional Activities Throughout the Day:

9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Visit the George Washington: Pioneer Farmer site and the 16-sided barn. Walk the quarter-mile Forest Trail.

In honor of Black History Month, visitors learn about life as a slave with Silla and Slammin’ Joe, two of Washington’s slaves, at the recently-opened slave cabin. Tom Davis, an enslaved brickmaker, presents his perspective on Saturdays and Sundays in the greenhouse at 2:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. The Marquis de Lafayette talks about his efforts to end slavery in the Greenhouse on Sundays at 3:00 p.m.

Included in regular admission.