George Washington’s Mount Vernon: Everything You Need to Know About the Historic Home
Visiting Mount Vernon could be seen as a right of passage for Americans. Be it on your eighth-grade field trip or as a ...
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At home with the president: As America goes to the polls, George Washington's house in Virginia is proving to be a vote winner
When George Washington was a boy ... more than 300 enslaved African-Americans lived on Mount Vernon’s plantation. The main house has a veranda with sweeping views of thick woodland in Maryland ...
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Mount Vernon's Civil War symbolism
Mount Vernon, the Virginia home of George Washington on the banks of ... which formed in the years leading up to the Civil War to save Washington's house, kept it open to both sides during the ...
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Special Video Reports - The Private Lives Of George Washington’s Slaves | Jefferson’s Blood | FRONTLINE | PBS
The slaves of George Washington must have found the hours ... in their private lives than those residing at the Mansion House (Mount Vernon), where personal servants had to be available well ...
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George Washington’s First Inaugural Suit Is Now on Display at Mount Vernon
George Washington’s 1789 inauguration suit coat is now on display at Mount Vernon. Our first President was intentional with his details: the domestically produced wool suit was meant to promote ...
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A small stitch for womankind: Philly’s Betsy Ross House is sewing up her place in history
23, 1774: ''Memr. Left with Mr. Ross the upholder 5 half Joes to buy furniture with and to be accounted for 15.0.0'' (Courtesy of Mount Vernon) Pages from George Washington's ledger, on display at the ...
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How you can see what George Washington wore during his first inauguration
Rarely on display because it’s so fragile, Mount Vernon is hosting a special public viewing of President George Washington’s historic inaugural coat, along with an opportunity to interact with ...
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Celebrate Presidents Day with a February of firsts at Mount Vernon
The first floor of George Washington’s Mount Vernon will be open for the public to observe preservation work in progress on three days later this month, including Presidents Day, Feb. 17.
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A Simple Brown Coat That Set the Tone for the U.S. Presidency
For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European royalty, will be on display at Mount Vernon. By Alexander Nazaryan Fashion ...
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President George Washington: Calm, Cool, and Collected Commander in Chief
Situated on the broad Potomac, Mount Vernon was one of ... Like his fellow Virginians in the House of Burgesses, Washington became increasingly disillusioned with George III and his colonial ...
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Inauguration history: What happened on the day George Washington became president in 1789
On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George ... Washington's inauguration was held in New York City. Before the inauguration, Washington traveled over 200 miles from his home in Mount Vernon ...