George Washington cared VERY much about the yard! He took great pains to have beautiful gardens and personally oversaw its perfection. His was one of only a few plantations, apparently, that had such a large well manicured lawn, as lawns were very expensive to maintain (even with slave labor).
One of the perks of taking vacation when school is in session is that the lines are very short. Even though it looks like there were a lot of people, there really weren't lines at all.
Isn't this house beautiful???
The Potomac River is so beautiful!
Audra is pointing at the wood- yes, wood!- and the chipping sand that is coming off. They used to cover wood with sand to get the European look for a fraction of the price.
Unfortunately, you can't take pictures inside the house, so you will need to do a Google search for pictures to see how beautiful the house is.
A replica carriage of what he would have ridden in:
Martha and George are buried here. The government wanted to bury Washington at the US Capitol, but he was superstitious and refused to be buried under ground, so was buried at Mount Vernon instead.
Here is a tribute to all the slaves that worked and died there. There is a slave cemetery here, but nobody knows how many slaves were buried there. Unlike Jefferson, GW did free all of his slaves upon his death, so at least there is that...
Sitting on the back porch overlooking the Potomac.
The views are so beautiful- it is easy to see how GW loved relaxing here. Across the Potomac an energy company wanted to do some drilling, so the city turned the land across the river into a state park so they couldn't. Good move! If there was industrialization it would really take away from understanding how GW felt while sitting on the back porch.
There was an amazing fifer who taught the girls marching and drumming:
Can you see Camille (far left) trying to keep up to the upbeat tempo? It was so cute!
And learning the jig:
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