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MOUNT VERNON, GEORGE WASHINGTON'S HOME IN FAIRFAX
COUNTY VA ON THE POTOMAC 15 MILES BELOW WASHINGTON
D.G.-NAMED IN HONOR OF ADMIRAL VERNON OF THE BRITISH NAVY
THE ESTATE CAME INTO WASHINGTON'S POSSESSION IN 1752-IN 1859
THE HOUSE AND 200 ACRES OF LAND WERE BOUGHT BY THE
MOUNT VERNON LADIES ASSOCIATION FOR $200,000 -MOST OF
WHICH WAS RAISED BY EDWARD EVERETT-IT IS NOW RESTOR-
ED AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE TO ITS FORMER APPEARANCE.
GEORGE WASHINGTON-THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY
WAS BORN AT BRIDGES CREEK WESTMORELAND COUNTY
VA. FEB 22, 1732. SERVED IN ARMY FIGHTING INDIANS AND
FRENCH FROM 1750 TO 1760-WAS A MEMBER OF FIRST
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS-ON JUNE 15, 1775 CONGRESS
APPOINTED HIM COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE CONTINENTAL
ARMY TOOK COMMAND JULY 3RD 1775-ON APRIL 30,1789
HE WAS INAUGURATED 1ST PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. AND
AGAIN IN 1793-DIED AT MOUNT VERNON DEC. 14, 1799
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COPYRIGHT FOB BY M.I.SHEAHAN BOSTON
MARTHA WASHINGTON WAS BORN IN NEW
KENT COUNTY, VIRGINIA IN MAY 1732 BEING
THE DAUGHTER OF COL JOHN DANDRIDGE A WEALTHY
PLANTER IN 1749 SHE MARRIED DANIEL PARKE CUSTIS
WHO DIED IN 1757-WAS MARRIED TO GEORGE WASHING-
TON JAN. 6. 1759 SO DEVOTED TO GENERAL WASH
INGTON THAT SHE FREQUENTLY SHARED THE
HARDSHIPS OF HIS ARMY LIFE IN CAMP-
DIED AT MOUNT VERNON MAY 22,1802
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