Interactive Timeline
Mount VernonSample Interactive Timeline
This is a sample interactive timeline to show you how this module works.
Explore the TimelineHere is the content section, you can put text here and additional buttons if you want but it's definitely not required. It supports different styles and hyperlinks and even buttons.
Below, there is the option of a "key" which is fully customize-able.
Videos
Photos
Quotations
Acquired Washington's Letters to the Marquis de Chastellux
The Washington Library at Mount Vernon acquired five stunning George Washington letters written to François Jean de Beauvoir, Marquis de Chastellux, an Enlightenment thinker and general in the French army during the American War of Independence.
1701, January 1
Media Gallery
This is a media gallery. It works similarly to the Media Gallery callout that can be found on other pages.
1700
1799, December 14
George WashingtonThis is a quote block. Tis well...”
1864, January 23
Video
This is a single video type event.
1950, February 31
Text Only
This is called a text only break because it's literally just text. Also check it out: here's a different button type (below).
2016, December 7
Mason ShelbyYou've now seen all the different event types.”
1956
New Hangings
All new hangings except valance are completed. Additionally, three chairs are covered with the same fabric.
1742, April 12
Washington Becomes an Enslaver
Washington’s father, Augustine, dies and at the age of 11, Washington becomes an enslaver after inheriting 10 enslaved people from Augustine’s estate.
1754-1763
The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War, part of the global Seven Years’ War begins after George Washington ambushes a detachment of 40 French Canadian Colonists and kills their commander, known as the Battle of Jumonville Glen. Washington commands the Virginia Regiment in the early years of the war. His actions make him a famed war hero in the British Colonies. The British Empire defeats France and seizes all French-claimed land east of the Mississippi River (excluding New Orleans) including French Canada.
