Introducing my Granddaughter to Mount Vernon on Mother’s Day
After walking through the Texas Gate entrance to obtain tickets and a tour time for the mansion, I introduced little Miss M to the Washington family!
18th Century Virginia Musings
Category: 18th Century Virginian George Washington
Mount Vernon Fireworks for Independence Day
A week before Independence Day, Mount Vernon sponsored a special evening on the grounds including fireworks over the Potomac and the mansion.
Snow, Tackett’s Mill, Lake Ridge, and George Washington
When the Lake Ridge area formed in 1971, parts of Tackett’s Mill was brought to this site to become the focal point for the central shopping area.
Survey of George Washington: Western Surveyor and Major
Yesterday, the kids and I visited George Washington’s office in Winchester, representative of Virginia’s western frontier.
Autumnal Fox Chase, George Washington, and Mount Vernon
Today I attended my first fox chase, which quite intrigued me because of all the influence I see here in Northern Virginia, especially in Middleburg.
Once a Fixer Upper of Historic Proportions: Mount Vernon
While touring the garden exhibit, 19th century renderings of Mount Vernon falling to ruins caught my heartstrings. And Abraham Lincoln was there!
Virginia and Fashion History in Martha Washington Book
Patricia Brady wove the facts about Martha Washington into the worldview and lifestyle of Virginia society and the early Republic, for this informative book.
George Washington Outwitted by a Fox, or so Legend Says
Little did we know that we had already visited the site of another Marguerite Henry book, Cinnabar, the One O’Clock Fox.
Visiting Mount Vernon’s Call to Arms Revolution Reenactment
Since my daughter has been busy with college, she hadn’t yet worn the pink gown I sewed for her last year, so I joined her by wearing my matching yellow gown.
Great Falls of the Potomac, Washington, and a Canal
Convincing the state legislatures of Virginia and Maryland to create the Patowmack Company in 1785, Washington became president of the company.
