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John-Aubrey Stone
Library Projects Assistant
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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About Lydia Brandt
Brandt is associate professor of Art History at the University of South Carolina. Working with Mount Vernon associate curator Adam T. Erby, her current project reevaluates Virginia artist John Gadsby Chapman's 1830s paintings of George Washington-significant landscapes in the development of American art and in the memory of Washington. She is the author of First in the Homes of His Countrymen: George Washington's Mount Vernon in the American Imagination (University of Virginia Press, 2016).
Library Projects Assistant
Guests should park in Mount Vernon visitor lots and enter the Library via the pedestrian gate near the four-way traffic intersection. Guests with handicap tags/permits on their vehicle may park at the Library, but must call the Library Projects Assistant in advance. Guests who do not call in advance will not be allowed to park at the Library.