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The President's Table: American Presidential China
February 16, 2008 - January 21, 2009
Donald W. Reynolds Museum: F.M. Kirby Foundation Gallery
Coinciding with the national observation of George Washington’s birthday, Historic Mount Vernon opens Setting the President's Table: American Presidential China from the Robert L. McNeil, Jr.
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Christmas at Mount Vernon
November 28, 2008 - January 6, 2009
We're joyfully decking the halls for "Christmas at Mount Vernon," a special daytime program offered from Thanksgiving Day weekend through the Twelve Days of Christmas.
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Ongoing Events
Old Tomb, Washington's Tomb, Slave Memorial
January 1 - December 31, 2008
George Washington died in the master bedroom at Mount Vernon on December 14, 1799. In his will, he directed that he be buried on his beloved Mount Vernon estate. He also selected a site for a new brick tomb to replace the original family vault, which was deteriorating.
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Forest Trail
January 1 - December 31, 2008
This quarter-mile trail leads through woods of Oak, Holly, and Laurel trees, past Washington’s cobble quarry, a Native American site, and over a bridge spanning a steep ravine.
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Gardens
January 1 - February 28, 2008
The Upper Garden includes a wide variety of flowers and trees, boxwood planted in Washington's day, and a few vegetable beds. The beds have been restored to their originial size, based on careful archaeological excavations, and two boxwood parterres have been re-created with the French fleur-de-lis design that Washington admired.
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