Season 2, Episode 1-George Washington and Mount Vernon

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Season 2, Episode 1-George Washington and Mount Vernon

Twin icons on the Presidential Site landscape: George Washington and his beautiful Mount Vernon! Listen to George Washington’s war experience and political rise, his election and highlights of his Presidency, as well as his famous estate!

Make sure to listen to George Washington’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 1, George Washington and Pope Creek!

George Washington’s Mount Vernon website.

Slavery at Mount Vernon from their website.

Mount Vernon from the National Park Service.

Mount Vernon Virtual Tour from George Washington’s Mount Vernon.

From My July 2021 Visit!

Exterior
Entering Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Entrance
With George and Martha
Model of Mount Vernon
Approaching Mount Vernon
In the Loggia connecting the outbuildings
Leaving the Mansion
Exterior of the house
Heading to the back
The Piazza overlooking the Potomac
Mount Vernon
Looking down to the River
Towards the PIazza
Mount Vernon
Love the place
Planned gardens
In the flowers
Leaving Mount Vernon
Interior
The distinctive New Room
New Room
New Room
Central Passage
Front Parlor
Dining Room with distinctive verdigris paint
Downstairs Bedchamber, where many visitors stopped by
Little Parlor being renovated
Bastille Key, a gift from Lafayette
Central Passage
Staircase to the Second FLoor
The Potomac from the Piazza
Blue Room
Chintz Room
Lafayette’s Bedchamber
Yellow Room
The Washington’s Bedchamber, being renovated
Washington’s Sutudy
Mount Vernon
Historical Marker!

Slavery at Mount Vernon

From my July 2012 Visit!

With the Washingtons
Mount Vernon
The Mansion
Up the Hill
Looking down to the river from the Piazza
Heading down to the Wharf
Gardens
Lost in the flowers
Mount Vernon Building from Journal of American Revolution
Check out Mount Vernon’s Floor Plan
The Washington Family
Historical Images of Mount Vernon from America’s Battlefield Trust.
The Mansion rundown , from Mount Vernon official site.
Mount Vernon Reproduction built in Paris!
George and Martha Washington, from White House Historical Association.

George Washington Home: Mount Vernon, 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Alexandria, Virginia.

Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
Alexis Coe, You Never Forget Your First.
Cyrus Ansary, George Washington: Dealmaker-in-Chief
Joseph Ellis, His Excellency: George Washington.

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