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Fred W. Smith Library For The Study Of George Washington

Monday, January 14, 2013

Historic Mount Vernon Selects Inaugural Class of Washington Scholars

Class of seven begins studies in September.

The Mount Vernon Estate recently selected seven scholars to serve as the inaugural class of fellows for the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington. The fellowship program is a key objective of the library, which is set to open this fall. The library is intended to serve as a “presidential library” for George Washington, housing many of his original books and manuscripts and inspiring new scholarly research. The scholars will reside and study at the estate between September 2013 and August 2014. During their tenure in residence, the scholars will live on site at the DeVos House while embarking on new research on the life, leadership, and legacy of Washington.  They will also explore topics related to early America…

katherine wolf

7:10 pm on Wednesday, April 10, 2013

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Sunday, January 6, 2013

Mount Vernon Library Construction May Cause Traffic Snarl

Traffic may be stopped occasionally on Mount Vernon Memorial Highway starting Monday.

There will be construction-related traffic stoppages along northbound Mount Vernon Memorial Highway starting Monday morning. Construction crews will be boring an underground sewer pipe along the south side of the road from the emergency vehicle exit from the Mount Vernon Library to a sewer manhole cover across from Cunningham Drive. Although the boring itself will not directly affect traffic, there will be three areas along the route where equipment will need to enter the woods, dig a boring pit and clean out, which necessitates the traffic stoppages, according to the Mount Vernon Estate. Traffic will need to be stopped occasionally from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. until the middle of February. The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association has selected …

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