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18 de jun. de 2024 · Mount Vernon, home and burial place of George Washington, in Fairfax county, Virginia, overlooking the Potomac River, south of Washington, D.C. The home, gardens, family cemetery, and outbuildings constitute what is considered America’s first historical tourist attraction.
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30 de mai. de 2024 · Thanks to a dedicated team of women working to preserve the estate throughout the years, Mount Vernon is now one of the most popular historic sites in America. Read on as we share an in-depth...
Há 6 dias · Archaeologists unearthed 35 bottles of cherries from the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon. The 250-year-old fruits, many still intact, can shed new light on those who lived and worked...
18 de jun. de 2024 · Escavações arqueológicas associadas a um projeto de restauração da histórica residência do primeiro Presidente dos Estados Unidos, George Washington, conhecida como Mount Vernon, nas margens do...
12 de jun. de 2024 · Mount Vernon, city, Westchester county, New York, U.S., situated on the Bronx and Hutchinson rivers, just north of the Bronx, New York City. It was settled in 1664 near the site where religious dissenter Anne Hutchinson (banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony) was killed in 1643 by Indians.
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17 de jun. de 2024 · Jason Boroughs, Mount Vernon’s principal archaeologist, said the discovery of so much perfectly preserved food from more than 250 years ago is essentially unprecedented. “Finding what is essentially fresh fruit, 250 years later, is pretty spectacular,” Boroughs said in an interview.
15 de jun. de 2024 · Archaeologists at Mount Vernon, the historic estate of President George Washington, have unearthed a remarkable cache of 35 glass bottles dating back to the 18th century. These bottles, discovered in the mansion’s cellar, contain perfectly preserved cherries and other berries.
