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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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Claude Moore Colonial Farm
6310 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101A reconstructed revolutionary war farm, Claude Moore Colonial Farm is worked with the same tools and methods employed by farmers in the 18th century. The farm demonstrates the life of a poor family li…
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Collingwood Library and Museum on Americanism
8301 East Boulevard Drive, Alexandria, VA 22308Located on the banks of the Potomac River and surrounded by woods and gardens, the Collingwood Library and Museum on Americanism is a perfect setting for your next event. The main building and grounds…
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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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Gum Springs Historical Society and Museum
8100 Fordson Rd., Alexandria, VA 22306Gum Springs was founded by West Ford, a former slave owned by George Washington’s family, who acquired the property in 1833. Gum Springs became a refuge for runaways and recently freed slaves to live.…
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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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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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