Mount Vernon Fireworks for Independence Day
A week before Independence Day, Mount Vernon sponsored a special evening on the grounds including fireworks over the Potomac and the mansion.
18th Century Virginia Musings
A week before Independence Day, Mount Vernon sponsored a special evening on the grounds including fireworks over the Potomac and the mansion.
Wanting to see the Custis ruins at Reagan National Airport, I also wanted to find the secret gate with a different view of Mount Vernon, outside the property.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee ordered these artillery positions on the grounds of his ancestral home, since the river meandered from Washington DC.
I imagined myself walking aboard this ship in 1780, stepping over ropes, walking under riggings, while imagining Lafayette’s point of view.
Since my daughter has been busy with college, she hadn’t yet worn the pink gown I sewed for her last year, so I joined her by wearing my matching yellow gown.
After looking at the individual parts of the George Washington recreation, she showed the entire creation, resulting in
a gasp that arose from the audience.
In 2005, scientists studied the Houdon, to scientifically work backwards in time to get as accurate a rendering as one can possibly have of George Washington.
We saw a bit of snow at Mount Vernon, with the drizzly foggy day set against the distant Potomac.
On this house tour we saw the third-floor of the mansion!
Secret clues to a hidden treasure, Knights Templar, Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington.
All our favorite things! We were all-in!
In 1824, Lafayette received an invitation from President Monroe and the United States Congress, to travel the 24 states of America as the nation’s guest.