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George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate, Museum & Gardens
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22309
Phone: 703-780-2000
Discover the real George Washington at Mount Vernon! In addition to being America’s most visited historic home, the estate now includes 25 interactive galleries and theaters. The Ford Orientation Center and the Donald W. Reynolds Museum & Education Center feature artifacts, original movies, hands-on exhibits, and an immersive Revolutionary War "snow" experience. Learn about Washington’s life, from his boyhood to his wartime service, agricultural entrepreneurship, and his presidency. Tour the beautifully restored mansion, four distinctive gardens, and get a glimpse of Mount Vernon’s working... More Info
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George Washington's Distillery and Gristmill
5514 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Alexandria, VA 22309On a daily basis, April 1 through October, costumed distillers demonstrate the distillation process in the two-story building, which also features a storage cellar, office, and two bedrooms where the …
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Gunston Hall
10709 Gunston Rd., Mason Neck, VA 22079Gunston Hall was the home of George Mason, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Mason wrote the Virginia Constitution and the Virginia Declaration of Rights on which the U.S. Bill of Righ…
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Mason Neck State Park
7301 High Point Rd., Lorton, VA 22079Mason Neck State Park is located on a peninsula formed by Pohick Bay, Belmont Bay and the Potomac River. In addition to being an active heron rookery, the park attracts several other migrating and non…
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Occoquan Regional Park
9751 Ox Road, Lorton, VA 22079This spacious park is scenically located on the Occoquan River diagonally across from the Town of Occoquan. It offers 400 acres of recreational space and a touch of the past with its historic brick ki…
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Pohick Bay Regional Park
6501 Pohick Bay Dr., Lorton, VA 22079Pohick Bay is a water-oriented park 25 miles south of the nation's capital. The park occupies a spectacular bayside setting on the historic Mason Neck peninsula in Fairfax County. In early times, Geor…
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Pohick Church
9301 Richmond Highway, Lorton, VA 22079Vestrymen George Washington, George Mason and George William Fairfax supervised the construction of the church, which was completed in 1774, just before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. Both be…
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Pohick Episcopal Church
9301 Richmond Highway, Lorton, VA 22079Completed in 1774, just before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, George Washington and George Mason worshiped at the Pohick Church. It was the congregation of many of the country's most prominent…
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Turning Point Suffragist Memorial
9751 Ox Road, Lorton, VA 22079In 1917, more than 120 suffragists were imprisoned in the Occoquan Workhouse, then part of the Lorton Prison complex, in retaliation for picketing the Woodrow Wilson White House for the right to vote.…
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Workhouse Arts Center
9601 Ox Rd., Lorton, VA 22079The Workhouse Arts Center, a program of the Lorton Arts Foundation, provides essential visual and performing arts studio and exhibition space as well as engaging arts education programs for people of …
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