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Mount Vernon, Virginia, residence of George Washington, the first US president. The beautiful estate and gardens, built in the 18th century and situated on the Potomac River south of Washington, DC, are a very popular visitor attraction.

Country estate and burial place of George Washington in Fairfax county, Virginia, on the Potomac River, 24 km/15 mi south of Washington, DC. The property was built in 1743, and was Washington's home from 1752 until his death in 1799. His wife Martha is buried alongside him. The house and grounds were purchased as a national monument in 1860.



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It was to consist of about twenty bright people, and they'd go down the Potomac to Mount Vernon.
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The sun is rising brilliantly; we are passing Mount Vernon, where Washington lies buried; the river is wide and rapid; and its banks are beautiful.
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At his residence at Mount Vernon, in March, 1785, the first idea was started of a revisal of the Articles of Confederation, by the organization, of means differing from that of a compact between the State Legislatures and their own delegates in Congress.
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