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.
According to the superintendent's monthly report in December 1925:
My report for the month of November has no more important episode to mention than the coming, on Sunday, November 8th, of the President of the United States, with Mrs. Coolidge, and a number of distinguished officials of the government, accompanying the Prince Imperial of Japan and his wife, the Princess Asaka. With them came also the Japanese Ambassador and his wife.
