Open 365 days a year, Mount Vernon is located just 15 miles south of Washington DC.
From the mansion to lush gardens and grounds, intriguing museum galleries, immersive programs, and the distillery and gristmill. Spend the day with us!
Discover what made Washington "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen".
The Mount Vernon Ladies Association has been maintaining the Mount Vernon Estate since they acquired it from the Washington family in 1858.
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The Washington Library is open to all researchers and scholars, by appointment only.
Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky is a presidential historian and a past fellow of the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington. She is the author of The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution and An Honest Man: The Inimitable Presidency of John Adams.
Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky of the White House Historical Association joins Jim Ambuske of the Washington Library for a podcast episode about Washington and the Constitution.
Author of The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution, Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky, joins Jim Ambuske to explore the cabinet’s emergence during George Washington’s presidency.
Mention of the cabinet cannot be found in the text of the United States Constitution. Instead, it was created by President George Washington.
Use the Library Virtual Tour to explore the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington.
Mount Vernon welcomes historian Dr. Lindsay Chervinksy to discuss her new book, "The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution," during a 2020 Ford Evening Book Talk.
In honor of the 225th anniversary of his famed Farewell Address, an all-star panel, including CNN’s John Avlon, author Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky, and historian Dr. Joseph Ellis, discusses George Washington’s warnings to and hopes for future generations of Americans.
Join Presidential Historian Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky as she explores the historical relationship between American Presidents and the press who cover them.
