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Political reporters discussed George Washington’s role in enacting the Constitution and the lasting results on American politics and society. This event was part of Mount Vernon’s Founding D…

Maurizio Valsania recreated the 18th century world George Washington lived in and the masculine ideals that shaped him as a man, husband, military commander, and president. George Washington…

Historians discussed the experiment of democracy from the founding of the United States to the present. The 2023 George Washington Symposium was hosted by George Washington’s Mount Vernon in…

Historians Mary Sarah Bilder, Michael Klarman, and Jeffrey Rosen discussed the evolution of the American Constitution. The 2023 George Washington Symposium was hosted by George Washington’s …

Author Rick Atkinson and Generals Joseph Dunford, John Kelly, and Jim Mattis discussed the role of the military in a democracy. The 2023 George Washington Symposium was hosted by George Wash…

Judge David Tatel and former acting solicitor general Neal Katyal discussed interpreting the American Constitution in law. The 2023 George Washington Symposium was hosted by George Washingto…

Author Ricardo Herrera examined the Continental Army’s leadership through a major foraging operation undertaken in the Revolutionary War during the Valley Forge winter of 1778. George Washin…

The 2022 winner of the George Washington Book Prize, Bruce Ragsdale, for Washington at the Plow, was honored at a ceremony held at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. The George Washington Boo…

Mount Vernon’s President and CEO Douglas Bradburn talked about George Washington’s military career from the French and Indian War through the American Revolution. This Facebook and YouTube l…

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) spoke at a virtual conference on leadership hosted by the Brookings Institution and Mount Vernon. He was interviewed by Douglas Bradburn, George Washington’s Mount V…

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) spoke at a virtual conference on leadership hosted by the Brookings Institution and Mount Vernon. He was interviewed by Douglas Bradburn, George Washington’…

Historian Doug Bradburn joined us from Mount Vernon’s Museum and Education Center to talk about George Washington’s vision for the presidency, and the library, home and museum located in Nor…

Doug Bradburn, president and CEO at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, talked about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Mount Vernon’s operations and mission.

American History TV visited George Washington’s private study at his Mount Vernon, Virginia estate. Doug Bradburn, the estate’s president and CEO, talked about the artifacts there, and how W…

Professor Erica Armstrong Dunbar talked about her book Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge, in which she recounts the life of Ona Judge, a sla…

Former Trump administration Defense Secretary General James Mattis discussed service, leadership, and his time in office at an event held at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. President and C…

At an event hosted by George Washington’s Mt. Vernon, White House Correspondents' Association President Olivier Knox moderated a roundtable with political journalists on media and politics. …

The leadership of George Washington’s Mount Vernon took the rare step of holding a press conference in hopes of preventing the building of a natural gas compressor station within sight of th…

Mount Vernon President and CEO Doug Bradburn, on the eve of a White House state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron, provided historical insight into the private dinner and the spec…

Philip Smucker, a fifth great-grandnephew of George Washington, talked about his book, Riding with George: Sportsmanship and Chivalry in the Making of America’s First President. Mr. Smucker …