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Mount Vernon Wakes Up - Feeding The Animals

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Enjoy breakfast with our livestock team, inclduing the sheep, oxen, pigs, and other rare heritage breed animals on George Washington's farm at Mount Vernon. Learn more at http://mountvernon.org/animals

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