Episode 13: George Washington's Mount Vernon - a podcast by Ayla Anderson

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Today we meet with a real George Washington expert. Jeremy Ray is the Director of Interpretation at Mount Vernon, which is the former President's 18th century home. It has been fully restored and includes the estate mansion, four separate gardens, both the old and new tomb where George Washington is buried, historic outbuildings including a blacksmith shop and ice house, a farm with interpreters who demonstrate Washinton's farming practices, a distillery, a wharf on the Potomac River,  a museum, and an education center!

We discuss how Washington came to live at the mansion and the work he did there before, during, and after the American Revolution.  We also highlight a short sword that, according to family, Washington wore during the Braddock campaign in the French and Indian War and a pair of eyeglasses that played a part in confronting a secret petition of mutiny!


Episode Links:

• The official website of George Washington's Mount Vernon: https://www.mountvernon.org/

• Digital encyclopedia of the Newburgh Conspiracy, a plan by the Continental Army officers to challenge the authority of the Confederation Congress: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/newburgh-conspiracy/

• Slavery at Mount Vernon: https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/

• Be Washington, an interactive experience stepping into the shoes of America's first president: https://www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-visit/be-washington/interactive-theater/

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