Genetic analysis has shed light on a long-standing mystery surrounding the fates of President George ... identities and connections in the Washington family, researchers reported Thursday in ...

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 ...

That famous description of George ... running a line from one of his letters: “I have heard the bullets whistle; and believe me, there is something charming in the sound.” Washington and ...

Source: Mount Vernon He would return home around 7 a.m. to eat breakfast with his family and any guests who had stopped by the estate. Source: Mount Vernon, "George Washington: First in War ...

click image for close-up When American painter Edward Savage sketched a prototype for a print of George Washington and his family in 1789, it included Martha Custis Washington, the wealthy widow ...

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

George Washington ... half-siblings. When Washington was 11 years old, Augustine died, leaving the future founding father with a great deal of responsibility managing the family's plantation.

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...