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‘A Time Capsule’: Centuries-Old Cherry Bottles Unearthed At George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate
Researchers just uncovered two 18th-century cherry bottles in the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon home. The green bottles contained a liquid researchers believe may be groundwater, as well ...
Rare wallpaper helps revive George Washington’s Mansion: 'It’s really incredible'
Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project ...
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A look at the daily routine of George Washington, who drank tea and wine and spent hours on horseback
Source: "George Washington: First in War, First in Peace," Mount Vernon Washington would then saddle up and ride around his 8,000-acre estate on horseback. Source: Mount Vernon He would return ...
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George Washington, a real estate investor and successful entrepreneur, knew the difference between running a business and running the government
Like Trump, George Washington was a businessman with a large real estate portfolio. Along with property in Virginia and six other states, he had extensive claims to Indigenous land in the Ohio River ...
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York’s rare wallpaper helps revive George Washington’s Mansion: 'It’s really incredible'
Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project. The wallpaper was found at the Old York Historical Society in Maine ...
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George Washington, a real estate investor and successful entrepreneur, knew the difference between running a business and running the government
Above all, Washington was a farmer. On his Mount Vernon estate, in northern Virginia, he grew tobacco and wheat and operated a gristmill. After his second term as president, he built a profitable ...