Mount Vernon

Another recommendation from Hannah was that we visit George Washington's home at Mount Vernon.  We could not believe how much there was to see and do.  It was way more interesting than I thought it would be.  We stayed at Mount Vernon all day.




Let me just say the George Washington was living in style.  Mount Vernon is situated on one of the prettiest pieces of property that I have ever seen.  It was on a lovely spot of land that overlooked the Potomac River.  His house was also awesome.  The rooms were well laid out and painted in bright colors.

 Around his house was a village of other buildings that were used as shops and living quarters for those who served the house.  The kids enjoyed the blacksmith demonstration and spent quite some time watching these fellows work.  Owen even stated afterward that he wanted to be a blacksmith.

Slave quarters

 My favorite thing was the "meet Martha Washington" experience.  The actress playing Martha was very convincing.  She knew everything about life at Mount Vernon and answered every question that was asked- and she was asked quite a few by my mom.  I think mama could have just sat in there for hours talking to Martha.  I loved how Martha had such proper manners and referred to George as "the general".

 We also visited George and Martha's tomb to pay our respects.

We knew that our time at Mount Vernon was over when it began to rain.  So, we loaded up to begin our journey back home.  Everyone from grandparents to grandkids enjoyed the visit to Mount Vernon.  It definitely has my seal of approval.