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Emily Rosa
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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The Washington Library is open to all researchers and scholars, by appointment only.
About David Flaherty
Flaherty is a Ph.D. Candidate in history at the University of Virginia and is preparing to defend a dissertation on the construction of a British empire in the Atlantic in the early eighteenth century. His scholarship examines early American frontiers in pursuit of a better understanding of the development of states and empires around the Atlantic World. His new research will investigate the continuities between British empire-building and the creation of America’s “Empire of Liberty” by looking at one particular frontier place, the Ohio Valley.
David is the recipient of the Society of Colonial Wars Fellowship.
Library Projects Assistant
Guests should park in Mount Vernon visitor lots and enter the library campus via the pedestrian gate near the four-way traffic intersection. Guests with handicapped tags/permits on their vehicle may park at the library, but must call the Library Projects Assistant to be put on a parking list. Guests who do not call in advance will not be allowed to park at the library.