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Emily Rosa
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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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The Washington Library is open to all researchers and scholars, by appointment only.
On July 18, 2016 Library Fellow Thomas Agostini will discuss the results of his research topic, "Imperial Dilemmas: Great Britain’s Costly Bid for Military Ascendency in America, 1745-1766.”
About Thomas
Agostini is an assistant professor at South Dakota State University, where he teaches advanced courses on the American revolutionary era, early American history, and United States military history. His research project explores the causes and costly consequences of Great Britain’s transatlantic military campaign in North America during the Seven Years’ War. He is a recipient of the Society of Colonial Wars Fellowship.
Library Projects Assistant
Guests should park in the Mount Vernon visitor lots and enter the library campus via the pedestrian gate near the four-way traffic stop.