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The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington. We advance knowledge about Washington and his Early American World. IG: gwbooks

 Mount Vernon, Virginia
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What a powerful start to the 2026 Women’s Leadership Summit! Last night, guests gathered for the Annual Martha Washington Lecture featuring Pulitzer Prize–winning author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. We’re just getting started. #WomensLeadershipSummit2026
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Ford Evening Book Talk: Richard Brookhiser on John Trumbull xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1OwGWNabo…
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The George Washington Presidential Library

Ford Evening Book Talk: Richard Brookhiser on John Trumbull

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Brown Bag Lunch featuring Library Fellow Lucy Smith xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1nAKEagAg…
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Brown Bag Lunch: The Montrésor Map of 1766/1775 xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1ZkKzjbmo…
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Ford Evening Book Talk: Revolutionary Things xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1ynJOyZrd…
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Ford Evening Book Talk: How the Best Did It, Leadership Lessons from Our Top Presidents xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1MnxnMdjD…
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In 1793, a charming stranger arrived in America to rally support for the French cause. As his popularity soared, Washington faced a new crisis that would pit him between two mighty European nations. Learn more in "Inventing the Presidency": bit.ly/3V3yrsf
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Brown Bag Lunch: The Hutchins Map of 1778 xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1ypKdkBWn…
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Autochrome photo of the Lower Garden, 1910-1920. An Autochrome is the result of an additive color process with colors composed of minute grains of potato starch dyed orange, green, and blue-violet. View all three examples here: bit.ly/3xjbdVW
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In this exclusive bonus episode of Inventing the Presidency, archaeologists reveal the latest discoveries unearthed at @MountVernon, including the rare find of 18th-century cherries and new information about the enslaved community. Listen: bit.ly/3QAeF5k
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Applications open for special travel fellowship to attend or present at an AMERICA2026 conference in Toulouse, France, this November:
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Alice Richards, the MVLA Vice Regent for Maine and later Regent, wrote this memoir the day after an historic visit to Mount Vernon by dignitaries from France and Britain on April 29, 1917. Learn more about Mount Vernon during WW1 here: bit.ly/3PGcah
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Ford Evening Book Talk: Unfriendly to Liberty xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1mnxepoEo…
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A land-speculation venture, the Dismal Swamp Company was founded in 1763 to drain, tame, and make profitable the Great Dismal Swamp, stretching hundreds of thousands of acres between VA and NC. Learn more at the Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington: bit.ly/3J3u35H
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Brown Bag Lunch featuring Library Fellow Edward P. Green xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1mnxeprBr…
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Ford Evening Book Talk: The Tory's Wife xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1MYGNoALD…
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This Mansion floor plan is from a series of measured drawings done by staff in the 1930s. The documentation created in the current Mansion revitalization efforts will be added to previous work done to aid future generations of Mount Vernon caretakers.
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Brown Bag Lunch featuring Library Fellow John Phibbs xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1yoKMwqbm…
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This map from the Richard H. Brown Collection uses color to make an argument about British claims to North America in 1755. Take a closer look on ARGO, a multi-institutional map platform: bit.ly/3Um3CPJ
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Lantern slide image of the upper garden, 1930s: Lantern slides are transparent photographs made on glass and viewed with the aid of a “magic lantern,” the predecessor of the slide projector. Tints of color are applied to the black-and-white image to create a "color" photo.
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