Valiant Ambition
Watch Philbrick discuss his winning work.
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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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Mount Vernon congratulates Nathaniel Philbrick, winner of the 2017 George Washington Prize for his book, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (Viking).
Awarded annually by Mount Vernon, Washington College, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the $50,000 prize is one of the nation’s largest and most notable literary awards. It recognizes the past year’s best new works on the nation’s founding era, especially those that have the potential to advance broad public understanding of early American history.
The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington invites you to join us for our monthly Ford Evening Book Talk, which features authors and historians discussing their latest books about George Washington and our nation’s Founding era.
Lectures are free and open to the public, and books will be available for purchase.
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