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Celebrate the crisp autumn season with 18th-century activities and demonstrations at the Farm at Mount Vernon.

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Add to Calendar 10/21/2023 09:00:00 10/21/2023 17:00:00 America/New_York Fall Harvest Festival

Celebrate the crisp autumn season with 18th-century activities and demonstrations at the Farm at Mount Vernon.

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Celebrate Fall at Mount Vernon

Join us for a fall celebration featuring 18th-century farming demonstrations.

During this event, you can:

  • Explore the Farm.
  • Meet General Washington. (11:00am, 1:00 & 3:00pm)
  • Watch wheat treading demonstrations in Washington's innovative 16-sided threshing barn. (10:30, 11:30am & 1:30, 2:30pm)
  • Visit with Horses in Action to learn about 18th-century horsemanship.
  • View demonstrations of 18th-century cooking, candle-making, spinning, textiles and more.
  • Watch 18th-century surveying around the Farm.
  • Visit with the Farrier to learn how horseshoeing was performed in the 18th century.
  • Learn to play 18-century games.
  • Make your way through a straw bale maze.
  • Purchase freshly-baked bread from Half Crown Bakehouse, with a reproduction 18th-century clay oven.

Beer Tastings

Sample beers from local breweries at our tasting event at the 12-Acre field. Tickets purchased in advance include 6 tastings and a commemorative tasting glass.

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Event Schedule

At the farm

10 am, 12 pm, 2 pm

  • Meet "George Washington"

11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm

  • Storytelling

All Day

  • Farrier Demonstration
  • Textiles Demonstration
  • Foodways Demonstrations
  • Fisheries Demonstration
  • Coopering Demonstration
Plowing the Fields

Plowing the Fields
16-Sided Barn at Mount Vernon's Farm

16-Sided Barn at Mount Vernon's Farm
Duke and Earl haul treaded wheat from the 16-sided barn

Duke and Earl haul treaded wheat from the 16-sided barn
Wheat Treading at the 16-Sided Barn

Wheat Treading at the 16-Sided Barn
Sheep at Mount Vernon

Sheep at Mount Vernon
Gathering wheat for treading

Gathering wheat for treading
Corn growing at the Farm

Corn growing at the Farm
Upper Garden Vegetables

Upper Garden Vegetables
Potato Harvest at Mount Vernon

Potato Harvest at Mount Vernon
A Tobacco Leaf

A Tobacco Leaf
Peaches at Mount Vernon

Peaches at Mount Vernon
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Face masks are recommended indoors for all persons, vaccinated or unvaccinated.

Face masks are required for all unvaccinated guests.

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Mount Vernon is located in northern Virginia, just a short drive from Washington, D.C.

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