Mount Vernon
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Alexandria News
A British Royal Is Coming to Mount Vernon: Duke of Edinburgh Visits Oct. 1
Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, will visit George Washington’s Mount Vernon Oct. 1, tour the estate and lay a…
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Mount Vernon’s Colonial Market & Fair Returns Sept. 19–20
Mount Vernon’s Colonial Market & Fair returns Sept. 19–20 with dozens of artisans, handmade goods, demonstrations and an 18th-century marketplace…
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Take Home a Piece of Mount Vernon: Fall Plant Sale Returns Saturday
Mount Vernon’s Fall Plant and Garden Sale returns Saturday, Sept. 12, with native plants, heirloom varieties and its exclusive General’s…
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Bring the Grandparents: Woodlawn Turns Family History Into a Sunday Adventure
Woodlawn’s Grandparents Day program brings descendant stories, quilts, Smithsonian genealogy experts and family activities together Sept. 13.
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An Entire Otter Family Just Posed for this Incredible Photo at Huntley Meadows
ALEXANDRIA (FAIRFAX COUNTY), VA – Four wet heads. Four sets of whiskers. And four intensely curious faces arranged almost perfectly…
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GW Parkway Closes at 6 A.M. Sunday for George Washington Patriot Run
A five-mile section of the George Washington Memorial Parkway will close at 6 a.m. Sunday for the George Washington Patriot…
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Real Estate
Who Quietly Bought One of Mount Vernon’s Most Spectacular Riverfront Estates? $15.9 Million Sale Leaves Questions
MOUNT VERNON, VA – One of the largest residential real estate transactions of the year in Northern Virginia happened quietly—and…
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History
The Hidden Genius of George Washington: Mount Vernon’s New Gardens Chief Reveals the Farming Secrets That Changed America
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Walk through Mount Vernon today, and you’re walking through George Washington’s green thumb. As Jonathan Kavalier steps…
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George Washington’s Bible Returns Home to Christ Church for Rare Sunday Display
George Washington’s personal Bible has returned to Christ Church Alexandria for a rare display. Learn the story behind the treasured…
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‘Young Washington’ Brings George Washington’s Formative Years to Life at Mount Vernon Premiere
MOUNT VERNON, VA – Enter center frame: a very young, weeping George Washington, a boy who has just lost his father.…
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