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Presidents Day George Washington's Birthday Ceremony | Mount Vernon 2026 Live

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17 Feb, 2026

Presidents Day George Washington's Birthday Ceremony | Mount Vernon 2026

Enjoy free admission today in honor of Presidents’ Day and George Washington’s Birthday

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, what can George Washington still teach us about leadership, unity, and democracy?

Mount Vernon President & CEO Doug Bradburn reflects on Washington’s enduring legacy and why the precedents he set continue to shape our republic today.

"Providence, to whom we are infinitely more indebted than we are to our own wisdom, or our own exertions, has always displayed its power and goodness, when clouds and thick darkness seemed ready to overwhelm us. The hour is now come when we stand much in need of another manifestation of its bounty however little we deserve it." George Washington, Letter to Lund Washington, Morris-Town, May 19, 1780

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