Mount Vernon's Tombs
4:10 – Published July 30, 2013
Learn more about the Old and New Tombs upon the grounds of the Mount Vernon estate. Washington, after his death in 1799, was placed in the Old Tomb and was later moved to the New Tomb in 1831.
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The Mount Vernon Cupola

Welcome to Mount Vernon

The West Front of the Mount Vernon Mansion

Mount Vernon's Tombs

Dining Room

Enslaved Workers in the Mansion

George Washington's Distillery: Making Whiskey

Dining Room Art and Architecture

The Working Gristmill

The Mansion Cellar

Visit Mount Vernon

Verdigris Paint

Washington's New Room with Dr. Susan Schoelwer

The East Front of the Mount Vernon Mansion

George VI at Washington's Tomb (1939)

The Little Parlor

The Architecture of Mount Vernon

Lower Garden

Upper Garden Overview

The 1772 Peale Portrait of Washington

The Greenhouse

Washington's Bedchamber

Washington's Gristmill at Mount Vernon

Setting Up the Mansion for the Holidays

Washington's Old Tomb (VT)

Archaeology Survey at Mount Vernon Pt. 2

Washington's New Room at Mount Vernon

Nelly Custis Room

Upper Garden

Nelly Custis and her Mount Vernon Bedchamber

Cupola Roof Restore: Part One

Liquid Gold: George Washington's Distillery

Kitchen Excavations

Mount Vernon in Virginia

New Room Restoration

Mount Vernon's Kitchen Excavation September 2013

Nelly Custis Bedchamber Restoration

Sand Casting the Mansion

The Lafayette Bedroom

Overview of the New Room

Restoring Nelly Custis's Bedchamber at Mount Vernon

The Gardens: Collection of Seed

The Smokehouse

Landscape Development at Mount Vernon

The Blacksmith Shop at Mount Vernon (VT)

West Parlor Overview

Archaeological Survey at Mount Vernon

Washington's New Tomb

The Smokehouse (VT)

George Washington's Gristmill

Stable Center Bay

How Washington Made His White Corn Grits

Wallpaper Discovery in the Mansion

The Construction and Layout of the Slave Quarters

Stallroom

The Tomb Vestibule (VT)

Men's Slave Quarters

The Cupola
