Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project ...

It was renamed Mount Vernon to honor Admiral Edward Vernon, whom George Washington’s half brother, Lawrence Washington, held with the highest regard. The home was passed down by generations of ...

Mount Vernon, the Virginia home of George Washington on the banks of the Potomac River, was a refuge for Union and Confederate soldiers throughout the war. All were welcome to pay their respects ...

Lacking the kind of voluminous documentation that outlines the lives of George Washington and his family, modern historians studying the African American community at Mount Vernon must pore over ...

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th ... to have it reproduced and put on Washington’s bedroom walls. In February, the wallpaper was sent from York to ...

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate ... The reproduction wallpaper will be installed in Washington’s bedroom at Mount Vernon, with the completed restoration viewable to the ...