Mount Vernon’s recipe for homemade strawberry ice cream is adapted from a cookbook from the 18th century. It’s a bit fluffier than today’s hard ice cream. FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Ice cream has been a ...

There’s more to Martha Washington than we read in history books! The community is welcome to discover the woman behind the ...

WASHINGTON — When her husband died, Martha Washington destroyed almost all the letters the couple had exchanged during decades of married life, an era that included the Revolutionary War, the ...

MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) — George Washington never did cut down the cherry tree, despite the famous story to the contrary, but he did pack away quite a few bottles of the fruit at his Mount Vernon home.

Ice cream has been a quintessential summer treat for generations, whether you prefer a twist of soft-serve chocolate and vanilla on a cake cone or two scoops of gourmet mint chip stacked on a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) — George Washington ...