Family Day Activities
Activity Stations on the Bowling Green (9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.)
Visit Mount Vernon educators to learn about the outbreak of the Revolutionary War at Lexington & Concord on April 19, 1775 and why the Second Continental Congress chose Washington to take command.
Participate in the Minuteman Time Trials to see how you would have fared answering the call to arms!
Make your own paper lantern and pick up activities you can do at home (while supplies last).
Performances on the Bowling Green
Hear our resident fifer and learn about the military music used during the American Revolution at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Listen to Mount Vernon staff do a special reading of Revolutionary Prudence Wright by Beth Anderson at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Don’t miss the special reading of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Paul Revere’s Ride at 1 p.m.
In the Interpretive Center
Hear from Major William Blakeney of the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Blakeney came to New York in the spring of 1773 and led their grenadier company at the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill.
In the Historic Area
Visit the blacksmith shop to learn about blacksmithing in the eighteenth century.
Hear from Mount Vernon staff and meet the estate’s many animals during a Livestock Look & Learn:
- Sheep: 10:00 a.m. – 11 a.m.
- Oxen: 10:30a.m. – 11 a.m.
- Horses: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Hogs/Turkeys: 1 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
- Sheep: 1:30p.m. – 2:30p.m.
The Mansion
Please note: in order to go inside the Mansion, you must reserve timed entry tickets when purchasing your ticket.
The Mansion is currently under restoration and certain rooms are off view. For more information on our restoration efforts, click here.
Virtual tours of the Mansion will be led by Mount Vernon staff in the Smith Theater in the Ford Orientation Center until 2 p.m.
