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Mount Vernon
View on map:38.707902°N 77.086221°W
Description
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon
is an American landmark and former
plantation
of
George Washington
, the first
President of the United States
, and his wife,
Martha Washington
. The estate is on the banks of the
Potomac River
in
Fairfax County
,
Virginia
, near
Alexandria
, across from
Prince George's County
,
Maryland
. The Washington family had owned land in the area since 1674. Around 1734, they embarked on an expansion of the estate that continued under George Washington, who began leasing the estate in 1754 but did not become its sole owner until 1761.
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount Vernon
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