ATF Director to Present Historic Permit for George Washington's Distillery

Washington - On May 21st, Bradley A. Buckles, Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) will present a Federal permit that authorizes the operation of a distilled spirits plant at George Washington's historic site at Mount Vernon.

Director Buckles will present the permit at the official groundbreaking ceremony featuring the restoration of George Washington's distillery at its recently discovered archaeological site.

The permit number DSP - VA- 1797 has historical significance. It is based on the year that George Washington constructed his distillery at Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon is best known as the home of America's first President, but it was also the site where George Washington operated an early colonial still. Historic Mount Vernon, in cooperation with the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, has embarked on a project to reconstruct a still house on the same site where the first President produced whiskey.