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Attendees should park in Mount Vernon visitor parking lots and enter the library campus via the pedestrian gate near the 4-way stop.
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.
On July 22, 2015 Library fellow Bruce Ragsdale will discuss the results of his research topic, "George Washington at the Plow: Agriculture and Leadership in the Age of Revolution."
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Bruce Ragsdale
Ragsdale has served as director of the Federal Judicial History Office at the Federal Judicial Center and as associate historian of the U.S. House of Representatives. He is the author of several works on Washington’s agricultural and commercial enterprises and on the revolutionary era in Virginia. His project explores the civic character of Washington’s agricultural management and the ideals of public leadership that inspired him to reimagine his estate.
Recipient of James C. Rees Entrepreneurship Fellowship funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
Attendees should park in Mount Vernon visitor parking lots and enter the library campus via the pedestrian gate near the 4-way stop.