Mount Vernon welcomes the autumn season with Fall Harvest Family Days, Oct. 25 and 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The entire family will enjoy autumn activities including horse-drawn wagon rides, wheat treading in the 16-sided barn, a straw bale maze, early-American games and demonstrations. In addition to meeting “George Washington,” visitors can also learn 18th-century dance steps. Potomac River sightseeing cruises are half-price while supplies last.

Fall Harvest Family Days is included with admission to the estate this weekend: $18 adults; $17 seniors; $8 children 6-11; free for children under 5. Visit MountVernon.org for more information.

During Fall Harvest Family Days, visitors join the Mount Vernon staff in bidding farewell to farming season with a traditional harvest celebration that includes live performances by musicians and farrier (blacksmithing) demonstrations.  Children can create and take home their own cornhusk dolls. Costumed field workers demonstrate open-fire cooking and children participate in the cooking by roasting their own apple slices.  The Mount Vernon Inn offers concessions on site.

On Saturday, Oct. 25, visit the Shops at Mount Vernon from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and meet authors Teena Ruark Borrows and Craig A. Koppie for a signing of their book, Inside a Bald Eagle’s Nest, in the Vaughn Lobby, near the gift shop.

Admission is not required to enter the gift shop. Inside a Bald Eagle’s Nest gives the reader a photographic journey of American bald eagles during nesting season. Admission is not required to attend book signings.

By: Contributing Author

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