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 ...

A piece of George Washington's original Mount Vernon estate has sold for ... which spans 16.5 acres on the Potomac River, was listed for sale for $60 million — the most expensive listing price ...

And, as it turns out, we know a bit more about the breakdown of his daily schedule when he resided at Mount Vernon, his estate on the banks of the Potomac River. Here's a breakdown of how a day in ...

The Potomac is not the river it was when George Washington looked upon it from Mount Vernon and made good money selling native shad. Goldfish, carp, channel catfish—none is native to the river.

What says “historical tour” quite like The Mount Vernon Estate? George and Martha Washington’s expansive home and favorite ...

When companies wanted to build an oil tank farm across the Potomac in the 1950s, a woman named Frances Payne Bolton bought nearly 500 acres on the other side of the river. She created one of America’s ...

Madison used all arguments at his disposal, including the Potomac site's proximity to George Washington's home at Mount Vernon. But the tide was against him in Congress, and by the spring of 1790 ...

The Mount Vernon Railroad, a partnership between OmniTRAX and the Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon, marked its grand opening on ...

He started chartering a couple of the evening runs down the Potomac that, during the day, took tourists to Mount Vernon on the Virginia ... the ship again: The River Princess.