The reimagined museum is a $20 million investment in civic education and Mount Vernon’s “birthday gift to America,” say Mount Vernon officials.

The new single "Some People," by Floyd Mercantile gets the mind thinking about people you know and new people you meet. The ...

Carol Comlish, left, enjoys an ice cream sundae at the Mount Vernon At Home Ice Cream Social event May 14 at St. Luke’s ...

The father of our country and 18th century Northern Virginia farmer not only enjoyed a shot of whiskey now and then, he made it. Every Saturday, in June and September, Mount Vernon’s visitors can ...

Spring2Action online giving day returns April 22.

For Zenda Daniels, arrival came after a series of exits that were not clean breaks but necessary escapes: leaving a home ...

You’d never know it today, but Del Ray was once the capital of gambling in Northern Virginia. The old St. Asaph racetrack is long gone, replaced by the quaint suburban-style cottages. But the story of ...

Sonny Jurgensen is an icon to the worshippers of the Washington Redskins. Yet, for much of his life here, he has been linked with others in that firmament. It was "Sonny and Billy," when he and fellow ...

Fact or Fiction? Leesburg was once capital of the United States. According to local tradition, the historic town where important Civil War battles were staged and Gen. George C. Marshall resided held ...

In reality, the project Chantilly-based non-profit organization HomeAid Northern Virginia recently completed for The Closet of Greater Herndon proved different from its typical work, but was a ...

The deaths of two South Riding teenagers in January has been ruled a double suicide, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office announced March 10. Michaela "Kaela" Wegner, 15, and Harold Anthony "Tony" Holt ...

The Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce celebrated and recognized first responders serving in Fairfax County who went above and beyond the call of duty at the 44th Annual Valor Awards held on Thursday, ...