George Washington took the oath of office as America’s first president on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City.

This Southern city is bustling with urban culture. From museums to historic buildings, there's plenty to explore in this ...

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Rarely on display because it is so fragile, Mount Vernon is hosting a special public viewing of President George Washington’s historic inaugural coat.

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European ...

Jefferson County Historical Society will welcome Dennis Stroughmatt at 2 p.m. Jan. 25, in the Schweinfurth Museum in the ...

An old Vernon County Censor newspaper article recently caught my eye: In June of 1868, 12 young students graduated from the “Wisconsin Institute for the Deaf and Dumb,” including Electa De ...

We have a copy of the book here in the archives at the Vernon County Museum and History Center. The book is useful because it includes the histories of each of Wisconsin’s regiments. The ...