Gunston Hall

Explore the home of George Mason, founding father and author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights.

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🇺🇸On #PresidentsDay we honor the legacy of leadership & US history. 🇺🇸#GeorgeMason was a friend & colleague to 4 US Presidents.Visit historic #GunstonHall & see where George exchanged ideas & corresponded with these men who would become US Presidents.
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#OTD in 1775, #GeorgeMason shares insights about family and the tensions with Great Britain in his letter to his friend & neighbor #GeorgeWashington. Read it here: https://t.co/GGwud7CnJk. #AmericanHistory #FoundingFathers #ExploreHistory #VA250 #AmericanRevolution

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#OTD in 1775, #GeorgeMason shares insights about family and the tensions with Great Britain in his letter to his friend & neighbor #GeorgeWashington. Read it here: https://t.co/GGwud7CnJk. #AmericanHistory #FoundingFathers #ExploreHistory #VA250 #AmericanRevolution

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🥾☀️Join us in 1-week for Nature Thursdays on Feb 5 at 10:30 AM! 🌳Preschoolers enjoy story time, a guided hike and do weather observations. ☔🌞 Dress for the weather! 🎟️ Register now: https://t.co/LikMwbmHT9 Adults: $10, Seniors: $8, Kids 6-18: $5, under 6: Free. #LortonVA

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🥾☀️Join us for Nature Thursdays on Feb 5 at 10:30 AM! 🌳Preschoolers enjoy story time, a guided hike and do weather observations. ☔🌞 Dress for the weather! 🎟️ Register now: https://t.co/LikMwbmHT9 Adults: $10, Seniors: $8, Kids 6-18: $5, under 6: Free.

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#OTD #GeorgeMason wrote to his son John Mason in 1792
"I am also anxious to hear how you keep your Health;...The Snow is now as deep here,as it was in the hard Winter of 1740;..."
Letter: https://t.co/DxFeEef9jT
#Snow #FoundingFathers #VirginiaHistory
Pic: Gunston Hall 01/06/25

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Exciting news at #GunstonHall! Christopher R. Eck is the new Executive Director of Gunston Hall. He started his role on January 12th. With 20+ years in preservation, he’ll lead our mission. Welcome, Chris! 🎉#GunstonHall #Leadership #MuseumLeadership #CulturalHeritage

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⭐🗓️One month till Game Night on Friday, February 20th, 6pm - 9 pm! ⭐
Many people in the 18th-C. played a variety of card, dice & board games. Learn how to play over a glass of wine 🍷or treat.
21 & older | 🎟️Tkts: Individual $35 Members $25
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🎙️🍽️ Join us on our YouTube channel TOMORROW, Jan 21st at 12:30 pm for History Bites with Dr. Emily Norweg on the rights of the incarcerated! More info: https://t.co/KsvwAucgSF #HistoryBites #GunstonHall #HistoryTalk #LunchtimeLearning #YouTubeSeries

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⭐ 🍷🎉Save the Date for the Gunston Hall Fundraising Gala! ⭐ 🍷🎉 For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Kate Zidek at [email protected].

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⭐We can’t wait to welcome you back to the museum, mansion & grounds when we reopen this Sat., Jan. 17th, at 9:30 am!⭐While closed, we have been busy cleaning & caring for important preservation & curatorial work.
📌15 minutes from Mt. Vernon
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⭐We hope to have the pleasure of seeing YOU at Gunston Hall in 2026!⭐
📌 We are only 15 minutes from Mt. Vernon!
Tickets:https://t.co/9IOtoIdN5I
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#GunstonHall #HistoricSites #VirginiaHistory #GeorgeMason #ExploreVirginia #AmericanHistory #ThomasJefferson #FXVA

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❄️🌟We look forward to seeing everyone at our January events!🌟❄️

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⏲️#HistoryInTheKitchen is this Sat., Jan. 10th, 10:30 am - 11:45 am! 🍽️
Join us for this #free, online series that illuminates the kinds of food different people ate in colonial Virginia. Jan. 10th will be Eggs in Croquets! 🍳
https://t.co/eageyxYvGP
#DMVFoodie

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In the 18th-C., the #FeastOfTheEpiphany was when people exchanged gifts. Watch as our former Curator, Dr. Kate Steir highlights 3 gifts (book, puzzle & coin) that might have been given during the period.
Puzzle: Gift of Mrs. John Theodore Tenneson of the Washington Society, 1959

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⏲️ Only 1-week away! #HistoryInTheKitchen is Sat., Jan. 10th, 10:30 am - 11:45 am! 🍽️
Join us for this #Free, online series that illuminates the kinds of food different people ate in colonial Virginia. Jan. 10th will be Eggs in Croquets! 🍳
https://t.co/eageyxYvGP
#DMVFoodie