Photos from Mount Vernon home of George Washington

Images - Mount Vernon and George Washington

"I had rather be at Mount Vernon with a friend or two about me, than to be attended at the seat of government
by the officers of state and the representatives of every power in Europe." George Washington, letter to David Stuart, Jun. 15, 1790

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	I took these photographs during several visits to Mount Vernon, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. School aged children may freely use these photographs for reports and multimedia presentations.
	Back of Greenhouse - Info from Mt. Vernon		Greenhouse	Garden

	Back of Mount Vernon Greenhouse close up		Stove room greenhouse
	Bricks joint 16 sided barn		Treading Barn interpreter - Circular Barn
	Mount Vernon Compost house		Mount Vernon House long view
	Cotton plants blooming growing in bed		Overseer House	Overseer House
	Cotton plants in bed		Pigpen
	Fence 1	Fence 2	Slave quarters	Slave quarters beds
	Grain growing	Straw storage	Slave quarters	Sign
	Flax Plants bed	Flower garden	Cooking
	Tools		View across Potomac River from porch
	George Washington Surveyor		Gristmill - info	Gristmill
	George Washington Commander		Gristmill	Gristmill corn
	George Washington New York Inauguration		Mulberry tree - info	Sycamore tree - info
	Washington Monument from WWII memorial		Pecan tree Mount Vernon - info

"How soon we forget history ... Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence.
It is force. And, like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." - George Washington

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posted 10/2008 by Cynthia J. O'Hora