KENDRICK RESPONDS TO PHILS' PRESSURE MOUNT VERNON PRODUCT 2-0 FOR...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  June 27, 2007 ;     588 words ......to the P-I PHILADELPHIA -- The best decision Kyle Kendrick ever made was turning down a football scholarship to Washington State. Kendrick, a former standout in football, basketball and baseball at Mount Vernon, was subsequently drafted in the seventh round of...After a meteoric rise through the ...

Mount Vernon, NY.(regional economy)

Fairfield County Business Journal;  August 29, 2005 ;     472 words ......Stevens in 1850 as a planned community, Mount Vernon has grown into a densely populated...Latin inscription on the city seal of Mount Vernon translates as The City of Happy Homes, and the Mount Vernon Hospital and recreational areas provide...

Mount Vernon's checkered past.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(Book review)

The Christian Science Monitor;  February 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ......December 14, 1799, 316 slaves lived at Mount Vernon. There is a general misconception that...enslaved African-Americans who lived at Mount Vernon, according to Abigail Adams, Martha...other estates, but many remained at Mount Vernon. In Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon, ...

Mount Vernon, Smithsonian Announce Pact On Exchanges

The Washington Post;  June 26, 2000 ;     700+ words ......between the Smithsonian Institution and Mount Vernon. In a groundbreaking pact, the two bastions...long-term loan of Washington artifacts to Mount Vernon, as well as the pooling of some programs...Lawrence Small. The affiliation with Mount Vernon is the latest in a series of ...

Rediscovering Washington; Years After His Death, Mount Vernon Aims to...

The Washington Post;  February 13, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Used to be that visitors to Mount Vernon, George Washington's sprawling plantation...James C. Rees, resident director of Mount Vernon (it's in Fairfax County), tells this...It's a disturbing turn of events that Mount Vernon now hopes to reverse with its $3 million...

Rediscovering George Washington; 200 Years After His Death, Mount Vernon...

The Washington Post;  February 11, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Used to be that visitors to Mount Vernon, George Washington's sprawling plantation...James C. Rees, resident director of Mount Vernon (it's in Fairfax County), tells this...It's a disturbing turn of events that Mount Vernon now hopes to reverse with its $3 million...

WCC to open new doors in Mount Vernon. (Focus: Education).(Westchester...

Westchester County Business Journal;  November 18, 2002 ;     677 words ......Community College (WCC) will open its new Mount Vernon center in time for the January 2003...enable local students to begin work in Mount Vernon on degree and certificate programs...thrilled to have this annex here in Mount Vernon. It's good for the city and it's good...

GU Lends $5 Million To Women's College; Mount Vernon Campus Put Up as...

The Washington Post;  May 15, 1993 ;     422 words ...Mount Vernon College, seeking to stave off insolvency...officials from both schools said yesterday. Mount Vernon President LucyAnn Geiselman will use...help out another institution, or, if Mount Vernon fails, a chance to add 24 nearby acres...

Mount Vernon redux.(C)(Business)

The Washington Times;  November 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Donna De Marco Mount Vernon, George Washington's historic estate...travelers staying at home this season. Mount Vernon, where out-of-state residents make...James Rees, executive director at Mount Vernon, which is owned and operated by...

At Mount Vernon, a Shot of History

The Washington Post;  August 5, 2008 ;     400 words ...The gift shop at Mount Vernon is stuffed full of goodies -- a...Turkey, and on and on. (The folks at Mount Vernon prefer to call it a "marriage" of...waste. At the groundbreaking of the Mount Vernon distillery renovation project in...

A Brighter Side of Mount Vernon

The Washington Post;  May 3, 1996 ;     700+ words ......caused by subsidized housing in the Mount Vernon area were exaggerated by Tod Robberson...Feelings Over Subsidized Housing in Mount Vernon," front page, April 20}. The impression...to the area. I served as a priest in Mount Vernon from 1979 to 1991. The area has always...

George Washington's Slaves; Why the flags at Mount Vernon flew at half...

The Washington Post;  February 24, 2008 ;     641 words ...SARAH JOHNSON'S MOUNT VERNON The Forgotten History of an American...memories of our presidents, there was Mount Vernon. After George Washington's death...years the history of slavery at Mount Vernon remained hidden in plain sight behind...

First Ladies of Preservation: The Mount Vernon Story

The Washington Post;  February 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Building Museum's new exhibition, "Saving Mount Vernon: The Birth of Preservation in America...understanding. With a million visitors annually, Mount Vernon is also an international shrine to democratic...record how 23 women organized as the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and ...

Mount Vernon and Chinese develop hotel project. (sister-city development...

Nation's Cities Weekly;  January 26, 1998 ;     470 words ...The city of Mount Vernon, New York, (pop. 67,153); has announced...financing partnership was initiated by Mount Vernon's Mayor Ernest D. Davis, and could...nine-member delegation of officials from Mount Vernon to China in hopes of obtaining a...

Slaves' Descendant Told Their Stories At Mount Vernon

The Washington Post;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Tancil's storytelling powers drew crowds at Mount Vernon. Visitors sought her out to hear her...Nov. 5, spoke with authority because Mount Vernon was part of her own family's story...Carter Quander were slaves who toiled at Mount Vernon. They were freed at the direction of...