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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A small stitch for womankind: Philly’s Betsy Ross House is sewing up her place in history
At the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, actors portraying Ross are busily sewing bedclothes for a doll-sized version of ...
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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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From the first to the 47th: Mount Vernon commemorates George Washington’s inauguration
George Washington took the oath of office as America’s first president on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City.
How you can see what George Washington wore during his first inauguration
Rarely on display because it is so fragile, Mount Vernon is hosting a special public viewing of President George Washington’s historic inaugural coat.
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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 ... after Washington became the nation's first president. Instead, Washington's ...
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Carter won a Nobel, but other ex-presidents have done wilder things
George Washington operated a whiskey distillery at Mount Vernon after leaving the presidency ... who left the White House nearly 44 years before his death. No ex-president piled up more achievements.