Although we are only in our legislative session for 45 days during odd-numbered years like this one, and for 60 days during even-numbered years, I travel often to Richmond out of session in my ...

In the Penn Daw section of Mount Vernon, there’s a newcomer on the coffee house scene in the shape of PJ’s Coffee, a fixture out of the south that features beignet bites and other specialties straight ...

Most people associate George Washington with cherry trees. Supposedly, a young George Washington confessed to his dad that he had damaged a cherry tree with a hatchet. The story is used to stress the ...

MOUNT VERNON, Va. — On the Fourth of July, beneath a sun that seemed to soften just in time for the ceremony, one hundred ...

The former California governor is the latest to recognize that the most remarkable thing about the first president was not ...

A major restoration project is underway at George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Fairfax County, Virginia, in preparation for ...

With one of the nation’s most famous immigrants watching, more than 100 people from 95 countries took the oath of allegiance ...

Mount Vernon's school board unanimously appointed a new superintendent, Demario A. Strickland, at a May 14 special meeting.

The two bottles come characteristic of styles from the 1750s and were placed in a forgotten pit.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, former California governor and actor, was the keynoe speaker at a naturalization ceremony at Mount ...