Off to the home of George Washington - Mt Vernon. As with the Roosevelt compound on Campobello, Mt Vernon was owned by his parents. He did add on twice. Washington apparently was not very educated but started his military career early. History says he resigned his military career, had 4 years at Mt Vernon then left to be president. While he was president, Washington DC which is just a few miles away) was not the Capitol. He only lived 2 years after being president for 8 years.
Mt Vernon itself had 4 working farms, there was a grist mill, fishing as the property has 10 miles of shore line on the Potomac River.
We had to readjust our thinking that we were looking at history in the late 1700s - not mid 1800s during the Civil War. The reason was because there was much emphasis put on the fact that the Washingtons had slaves - which are now referred to as enslaved persons. Washington had slaves, there were some that belonged to the family and others that belonged to Martha when they were married. When Washington died he willed that his slaves be freed but the others were not. The slave issue is something that could be discussed and pondered for a long time.
The maps, presentations, and signs for different points of interest were all well done. It was a good stop on our journey.
Yelp highly recommended this Mexican restaurant. The food was very good but we were the only ones in the restaurant not speaking Spanish - including the TV.
Came back to the room, organized the car, did laundry, and rested. Listened to most of the Blazer game and watched the last quarter on the phone. They won!
George Washington's carriage at Mt. Vernon