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Secrets Bonus Episode: Washington the Botanist

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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: A Presidential Primer

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What did George Washington write in his copy of the Constitution?

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What did Washington buy after the Constitutional Convention?

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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: A Gift from Spain

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Who tried to sell George Washington a cannon?

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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: A Syllabus for War

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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: An American Way of Farming

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How did George Washington manage his farms?

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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: "Murder heaped upon Murder"

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What spooky novels did Martha Washington enjoy reading?

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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: Touring Revolutionary America

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What was it like to travel through Revolutionary America?

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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: Mapping George Washington's America

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How did George Washington help create the first American atlas?

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What did Martha Washington do every day?

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SECRETS IN DEPTH: Faith and Freedom

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Who stole this book from George Washington?

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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: The Case of the Missing Magazine

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What is the oldest book in George Washington’s Collection?

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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: Learning to Be George Washington

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George Washington National Birthday Celebration

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Beautiful and Beneficial: Native Trees for the Landscape

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Herbaceous Plants: Nature’s Decorative Icing

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Native Shrubs: an Essential Landscape Layer

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Concert on the Piazza for Members

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Welcoming Nature to Your Yard

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George Washington: Visionary Farmer, Entrepreneur, Inventor

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Washington's New York State of Mind

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Famous Visitors to Mount Vernon - Members Livestream

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Washington's First Failure Discussion with Joe Stoltz - Members Livestream

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Joint Program with Museum of the American Revolution: George Washington's Revolutionary War Tent

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Rolling Down the River: Exploring George Washington's Potomac

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The Peter Family Collection: Washington Objects Come Home

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Members Livestream Elizabeth Powel: Dear Friend of George Washington

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Objects of the Washington's Unalterable Affection

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Members Livestream Chef Justin Cherry

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Members Lunch & Fellowship on Painter John Gadsby Chapman

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Members Livestream Wine and The White House

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The Enduring Legacies of the Constitution with Jeffery Rosen and Kevin Butterfield

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Members Livestream Presidential Leadership of George Washington

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Member Livestream with Chef Patrick O'Connell

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Members Livestream with Douglas Brinkley

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Members Only Trees of Mount Vernon with Dean Norton

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LIVE with Joanne Freeman

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LIVE with Ron Chernow

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Yellow Bed Revealed to Members

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LIVE with Christoper Jackson

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LIVE with Annette Gordon-Reed

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David Rubenstein Interview with Dean Malissa

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LIVE with Ian Kahn

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LIVE for Members with Dean Norton in the Upper Garden

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Secrets of the Collection

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LIVE with Nathaniel Philbrick

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LIVE with Richard Brookhiser

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LIVE with Rick Atkinson

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Virtual Tea Party with Martha

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LIVE with Joseph Ellis

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How did George Washington manage his farms?

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See inside a rare book given to George Washington by a close friend and learn about the experiences of the enslaved farmers on Washington's plantation. Farming was Washington’s greatest passion, and he devoted himself to the study of new and emerging agricultural practices. In this video, Associate Curator Jessie Macleod discusses how enslaved men and women at Mount Vernon put some of these innovative ideas into practice. Learn more: https://www.georgewashingtonpodcast.com