4/5/2023 George Washington's Mount Vernon



George Washington's Mount Vernon.  Owned earlier by his Half Brother, he leased the plantation from his brother's widow until her death when he inherited it outright.  The primary crop here was tobacco.


The plantation Mansion


Across the "Bowling Green" from the Mansion


Statues of Washington, his wife and two children in the Visitor Center


Stained Glass windows in the Visitor Center depicting the story of Washington as a boy chopping down the cherry tree "I cannot tell a lie"  and a second of Washington with Alexander Hamilton


Stained Glass window in the Visitor Center depicting the Reading of the 
Declaration of Independence to Washington


Two more Stained Glass window in the Visitor Center depicting Washington Crossing the Delaware and Washington taking the Inaugural Oath of President.


The Upper garden, primarily for vegetables and herbs for consumption



Back of the Mansion, currently undergoing some repair and restoration


These next few images are the view Washington would have had of the Potomac River from the 
back of the Mansion House.





The Weather Vane atop the Mansion


The Clerk's Quarters and Office


The Smoke House


The Wash House


The Stable, Washington was considered one of the best horsemen of his day


This was referred to as a Riding Chair less expensive than a formal carriage and 
practical for the day


Inside the stable


Sheep for wool




Washington's Tomb is located here at Mt. Vernon






Also located on the property is a memorial to the people who were enslaved here and who are burien in the slave cemetery on this part of the property






Corrals for sheep goats and Oxen


Ox


The formal garden





The Greenhouse






George Washington's Birthplace, Colonial Beach, VA

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