Thur. 9/27/07 ~ Mount Vernon, Beloved Home of George Washington

Using the directions provided by the campground and the gps we drove to Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington. The home is beautifully decorated and furnished as it was in the last year of Washington’s life in 1899. There are several outbuildings used as kitchens, spinning rooms, salt storage, an ice house, slave quarters, and overseer cabins. The grounds also house Washington’s original tomb and the new tomb he had built according to the provisions of his will. Since our last visit they have added a very nice museum housing personal belongings of the Washington family, as well as displays, films, and dioramas about his life. We ended up spending almost the whole day there and stopped at the Old Country Buffet for an early dinner on the way back home.