Christmas Illuminations at Mount Vernon
Kick off the holiday season with sparkling fireworks overlooking the Potomac River.
Mount Vernon is open 365 days a year, including Christmas Day.
Kick off the holiday season with sparkling fireworks overlooking the Potomac River.
This once-a-year tour examines George Washington's final 36 hours and the events that followed his death. This tour is 60 minutes.
This once-a-year tour examines George Washington's final 36 hours and the events that followed his death. This tour is 60 minutes.
Join us for a candlelit guided tour and hear about holiday traditions in 18th-century Virginia. Learn about the build-up to Revolution as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the year 1773.
Bring your lunch and learn more about George Washington's world, the Washington Presidential Library’s important map collection, and the American Revolutionary Geographies Online (ARGO) web portal in our…
Join us for lunch and compelling discussion with award-winning author John A. Ragosta, who will discuss his new book For the People, For the Country: Patrick Henry’s Final Political Battle.
Hear from Princeton University professor Michael A. Blaakman, author of Speculation Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic.
Listen to members of the National Symphony Orchestra play during a three-part series at Mount Vernon.
Hear from Distinguished Professor David Waldstreicher, author of The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's Journey Through American Slavery and Independence.
Join us for lunch and compelling discussion with Philadelphia Museum of Art curator Carol Soltis, who will discuss her work to authenticate and document Charles Willson Peale’s painting Washington at Princeton…
Celebrate the first president of the United States at his beloved home. Admission is free for Presidents Day and George Washington’s birthday.
Celebrate the first president of the United States at his beloved home. Admission is free for Presidents Day and George Washington’s birthday.
Hear from George Mason University Professor Cynthia A. Kierner, author of The Tory's Wife: A Woman and her Family in Revolutionary America.
Listen to members of the National Symphony Orchestra play during a three-part series at Mount Vernon.
Join us for lunch and compelling discussion with librarian and author Paula Lenor Webb, who will discuss her new book, Such a Woman: The Life of Madame Octavia Walton LeVert.
Listen to members of the National Symphony Orchestra play during a three-part series at Mount Vernon.
Hear from historian Christopher F. Minty, author of Unfriendly to Liberty: Loyalist Networks and the Coming of the American Revolution in New York City.
Step back in time at Mount Vernon's Revolutionary War Weekend.
Join us for our most popular event of the year. Taste unlimited samples of wines from Virginia's finest wineries.
Hear from historian Talmage Boston, author of How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from our Top Presidents.
Hear from University of Miami professor Ashli White, author of Revolutionary Things: Material Culture and Politics in the Late Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World.
Experience Mount Vernon after-hours and taste craft beers from across the region.
Enjoy an evening of family fun, fireworks, and patriotic music to celebrate our nation's founding.
Salute the first commander in chief during Mount Vernon's annual Independence Day event.
Pay tribute to the oldest military decoration in the U.S. at the home of its founder, George Washington.
Step back in time at Colonial Market & Fair, featuring food and wares made by colonial artisans.
Taste unlimited samples from Virginia wineries after hours at George Washington's estate.
Celebrate the crisp autumn season with 18th-century activities and demonstrations at the Farm at Mount Vernon.
Collect candy around the historic grounds and celebrate Halloween with 18th-century entertainment and activities.
In honor of our nation's veterans, Mount Vernon admits FREE all active duty, former, or retired military personnel on Veterans Day.