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    • Day 16
    • Wednesday, September 21, 2022
    • ☀️ 29 °C
    • Altitude: 34 m
    • United StatesMount Vernon Estate & Gardens38°42’29” N  77°5’11” W
    Wood was made to look like brick with paint/sand
    Bold decorating choiceA gift from Lafeyette of a key to Bastille prison - a symbol for freedomTheir bedroom, and where G.W. diedThe view he curated from the house, landscape untouched since his lifetimeAn example the enslaved housing of those working in the manorSheepsA memorial to the unmarked burial ground of the enslaved, a stones throw from GW's tombThe spot was completely unmarked until 1929Markers with string of the grave sitesUnfortunately George and Martha's tomb was under construction ☹️His personal port, important for his buying and tradingThe majority of the 300+ slaves worked in the fields, and lived in houses like theseThe old tomb. George thought it was too small, so in his will requested a larger brick tombA mock inaugerationThe Pentagon, pretty impressive, even being seen by busAnother sunset in DC

    Mount Vernon/DC day 4

    September 21, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    A trip to the Virginian countryside to visit George Washington’s home on the river Potomac

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