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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 has enjoyed a very special relationship with the Ford Motor Company dating back more than 90 years. We are grateful for their generous support and we applaud their abiding respect for American heritage.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Philip Levy to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book Where The Cherry Tree Grew: The Story of Ferry Farm, George Washington’s Boyhood Home, on January 30, 2014.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Joseph Manca to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book George Washington’s Eye:Landscape, Architecture, and Design at Mount Vernon, on February 6, 2014.
Mount Vernon welcomes author C. L. Bragg to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book Crescent Moon over Carolina: William Moultrie and American Liberty, on March 4, 2014.
Mount Vernon welcomes author James Corbett David to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book Dunmore's New World: The Extraordinary Life of a Royal Governor in Revolutionary America--with Jacobites, Counterfeiters, Land Schemes, Shipwrecks, Scalping, Indian Politics, Runaway Slaves, and Two Illegal Royal Weddings, on April 17, 2014.
Mount Vernon welcomes author John A. Nagy to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book Invisible Ink: Spycraft of the American Revolution, on May 21, 2014.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Robert McDonald to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book Sons of the Father: George Washington and His Protégés, on June 3, 2014.
Character: The Ultimate Success Factor is based on Dr. London’s personal, corporate, and military experiences, along with real-life examples. “I decided to write about character because of its central role in our personal, professional, and organizational success,” Dr. London says. “Character is a unique set of moral and ethical qualities that define what we believe in, what we stand for, and what we expect of ourselves and others. While a variety of factors form our abilities and influence the events in our lives, how individuals and organizations act on these qualities determines how far they will go.”
Dr. London served as CACI’s President and Chief Executive Officer from 1984 to 2007, and is considered to be the founder of the modern-era CACI. A retired U.S. Navy Captain, Dr. London has received national industry leadership recognition that includes the Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Award from the Navy League of the United States, the John W. Dixon Award from the Association of the United States Army, and the Nathan Hale Award from the Reserve Officers Association. Dr. London has been inducted into the Washington Business Hall of Fame and the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and Greater Washington GovCon Halls of Fame. Additionally, the HR Leadership Awards of Greater Washington presents the annual Dr. J.P. London Award for Promoting Ethical Behavior named in his honor.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Cynthia A. Kierner, Ph.D. to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss her book Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello: Her Life and Times, on July 9, 2014.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Francis D. Cogliano to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book Emperor of Liberty: Thomas Jefferson’s Foreign Policy, on August 7, 2014.
Mount Vernon welcomes author François Furstenberg to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book When the United States Spoke French: Five Refugees who Shaped a Nation, on September 18, 2014.
Mount Vernon welcomes award-winning author and historian Nathaniel Philbrick to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution, followed by a reception, on October 2, 2014.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Denver Brunsman to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book The Evil Necessity: British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World, on November 18, 2014.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Jeffrey Pasley to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book The First Presidential Contest: The Election of 1796 and the Beginnings of American Democracy, on December 16, 2014.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Turk McCleskey to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book The Road to Black Ned's Forge: A Story of Race, Sex, and Trade on the Colonial American Frontier, on January 8, 2015.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Thomas A. Foster to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book Sex and the Founding Fathers, on February 12, 2015.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Barbara Kellerman to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss her book Hard Times: Leadership in America, on February 25, 2015.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Jonathan Horn to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book The Man Who Would Not Be Washington, on March 3, 2015.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Lynne Cheney to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Theater to discuss her book James Madison: A Life Reconsidered, followed by a reception, on April 16, 2015.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss her book For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington and the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789, on May 14, 2015.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Aaron David Miller to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book The End of Greatness: Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President, on June 24, 2015.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Cassandra Good to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss her book Founding Friendships: Friendships Between Men and Women in the Early American Republic , on July 23, 2015.
Mount Vernon welcomes authors David and Jeanne Heidler to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss their book Washington’s Circle: The Creation of the President, on August 25, 2015.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Andrea Wulf to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss her book The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World, on September 16, 2015.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Harry Kraemer to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book Becoming the Best: Build a World-Class Organization Through Values-Based Leadership, on October 6, 2015.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Paul Brandus to the David M. Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book Under This Roof: The White House and the Presidency--21 Presidents, 21 Rooms, 21 Inside Stories, on November 12, 2015.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Colin Gordon Calloway to the Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book The Victory with No Name: The Native American Defeat of the First American Army, on December 1, 2015.
Mount Vernon welcomes author and historian T. H. Breen to the David M. Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his new book George Washington’s Journey: The President Forges a New Nation, on January 20, 2016.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Edward G. Lengel to the David M. Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss his book First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His--and the Nation's—Prosperity, on February 25, 2016.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Erik Goldstein to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book The Swords of George Washington, on March 10, 2016. The lecture will be followed by a reception in the Vaughan Lobby, and an opportunity to view three of Washington’s swords from the Revolution, which are on display in the Museum, together for the first time in more than 200 years.
Mount Vernon welcomes author David Preston to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book Braddock’s Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution on March 23, 2016.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Adrienne M. Harrison to the David M. Rubenstein Leadership Hall at The Fred W. Smith National Library to discuss her book A Powerful Mind: The Self Education of George Washington on May 3, 2016.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Nathaniel Philbrick to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution on May 10, 2016.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Fergus M. Bordewich to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government on June 9, 2016.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Patrick K. O'Donnell to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution on July 5, 2016.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Warren L. Bingham to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book George Washington's 1791 Southern Tour on August 30, 2016.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Mary Sarah Bilder to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Theater to discuss her book Madison's Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention on September 15, 2016.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Lorri Glover to the David M. Rubenstein Leadership Hall to discuss her book The Fate of the Revolution: Virginians Debate the Constitution on October 20, 2016.
Mount Vernon welcomes author John Sedgwick to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Theater to discuss his book War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation on Wednesday, November 16, 2016.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Lydia Brandt to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss her book First in the Homes of His Countrymen: George Washington's Mount Vernon in the American Imagination on Wednesday, December 7, 2016.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Kathleen DuVal to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Theater to discuss her book Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution on Wednesday, January 18, 2017.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Erica Armstrong Dunbar to the David M. Rubenstein Leadership Hall to discuss her book Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge on February 15, 2017.
Mount Vernon welcomes author John Steele Gordon to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book Washington's Monument: and the Fascinating History of the Obelisk on March 1, 2017.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Michael J. Klarman to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Theater to discuss his book The Framers' Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Dr. Edward G. Gray to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book Tom Paine's Iron Bridge: Building a United States on Tuesday, May 16, 2017.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Matthew Mason to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book Apostle of Union: A Political Biography of Edward Everett on Thursday, June 15, 2017.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Larrie D. Ferreiro to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It on Tuesday, July 11, 2017.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Philip G. Smucker to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book Riding with George: Sportsmanship and Chivalry in the Making of America's First President on Wednesday, August 2, 2017.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Carol Berkin to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss her book A Sovereign People: The Crises of the 1790s and the Birth of American Nationalism on Thursday, September 7, 2017.
Mount Vernon welcomes author S. Max Edelson to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America Before Independence on Tuesday, October 3, 2017.
Mount Vernon welcomes authors Mark Edward Lender and Garry Wheeler Stone to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss their book Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle on Thursday, November 9, 2017.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Paul Staiti to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Theater to discuss his book Of Arms and Artists: The American Revolution through Painters' Eyes on Wednesday, December 13, 2017.
Mount Vernon welcomes authors Lea Berman and Jeremy Bernard to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Theater to discuss their new book Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life on Thursday, January 18, 2018.
The event will be moderated by Roxanne Roberts, a reporter and feature writer for the Style section of The Washington Post.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Kevin J. Hayes to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book George Washington: A Life in Books on Wednesday, February 21, 2018.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Joseph F. Stoltz III to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book A Bloodless Victory: The Battle of New Orleans in History and in Memory on Tuesday, April 3, 2018.
*Due to inclement weather in the Washington, D.C. area, this event has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April 3, 2018. If you have reserved a ticket for the previous date, you will automatically be on the registration list for this program.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Steven C. Bullock to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book Tea Sets and Tyranny: The Politics of Politeness in Early America on Thursday, April 26, 2018.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Kate Elizabeth Brown to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss her book Alexander Hamilton and the Development of American Law on Thursday, May 3, 2018.
This event will also feature a presentation from the Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution to Mount Vernon in support of the George Washington Friends and Enemies project.
Mount Vernon welcomes Washington Library Cabinet member and author Eric L. Motley to the David M. Rubenstein Leadership Hall to discuss his book Madison Park: A Place of Hope on Thursday, June 7, 2018.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Colin G. Calloway to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book Bernardo de Gálvez: Spanish Hero of the American Revolution on Thursday, July 5, 2018.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Craig Bruce Smith to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book American Honor: The Creation of the Nation's Ideals during the Revolutionary Era on Thursday, August 9, 2018.
Mount Vernon welcomes authors Donald R. Kennon, Don Alexander Hawkins, Charles Carroll Carter, and Pamela Scott to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Theater to discuss their book Creating Capitol Hill: Place, Proprietors, and People on Thursday, September 13, 2018.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Peter Stark to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father on Thursday, October 25, 2018.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Richard Brookhiser to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Theater to discuss his book John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court on Wednesday, November 28, 2018.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Robert P. Watson to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: An Untold Story of the American Revolution on Thursday, December 6, 2018.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Patrick Spero to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book Frontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West, 1765-1776 on Wednesday, January 30, 2019.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Catherine Kerrison to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Theater to discuss her book Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America on Thursday, February 21, 2019.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Eric Lomazoff to the David M. Rubenstein Leadership Hall to discuss his book Reconstructing the National Bank Controversy: Politics and Law in the Early American Republic on Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Carla McClafferty to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss her book for young adults titled Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington's Mount Vernon on Thursday, April 11, 2019. The event will also feature a presentation from Mount Vernon's archaeology department, highlighting recent discoveries from the Slave Cemetery and about the enslaved population.
Mount Vernon welcomes authors Brian Lamb, Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, and Richard Norton Smith to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Theater to discuss and debut their book The Presidents: Noted Historians on the Lives and Leadership of America's Best--and Worst--Chief Executives on Tuesday, April 23, 2019.
Mount Vernon welcomes author Tom Clavin to the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss his book Valley Forge on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Mount Vernon welcomes author and Chief Curator of the Frick Collection Xavier F. Salomon to the David M. Rubenstein Leadership Hall to discuss his book Canova's George Washington on Tuesday, June 4, 2019.
