The birthplace of George Washington is nestled along the Potomac near Colonial Beach. This farm was established in the mid-17th…
An English ship captain was Alexandria’s first official “owner.” Sir William Berkeley, the governor of Virginia in 1669, gifted Robert…
The mother of our first President Mary Ball Washington was born 30th of November in 1708 in Lively, Lancaster County,…
George Washington was 6 years old in 1738 when his family moved to a farm in Stafford County, Virginia. The…
In 1772, Colonel George Washington moved his mother, Mary Ball Washington, from her plantation home at Ferry Farm in Stafford…
Scottish Rite is one of the two branches of Freemasonry in which a Master Mason (Third Degree) may proceed after…
Mount Vernon was originally called Little Hunting Creek Plantation and owned by John Washington. Augustine passed the estate to his eldest son Lawrence,…