Be sure to visit the many outbuildings and barns to learn about blacksmithing, laundering, meat curing, and spinning in the original and restored workshops or stroll through the beautiful gardens and learn about the heritage-bred livestock on the grounds. The tour takes you to the servants' quarters, kitchen, and the second-floor bedrooms.
Inside the mansion, you can walk through the dining room filled with period furniture where George and his wife, Martha, entertained hundreds of guests each year. Mount Vernon is open every day, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day, and the holiday period is especially festive with decorations and special events, such as chocolate-making demonstrations and fireworks. Since 1860, it has been owned and opened to the public by a philanthropic organization and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. George Washington built the large Palladian-style residence in stages on land that he inherited. You can judge for yourself the likelihood of Washington's ability to throw a silver dollar across the river. Located a half-hour drive south of Washington, DC, the grand Mount Vernon mansion, 10 times larger than the average Virginia colonial home, is set on expansive grounds on the banks of the Potomac River. Tens of millions of visitors flock to this historic Virginia site to learn more about the first U.S. Those buildings have been meticulously restored, decorated, and maintained over the centuries. Mount Vernon was a busy tobacco and wheat plantation in colonial times, with a distillery, blacksmith shop, gristmill, greenhouse, and other facilities. When you visit George Washington's country homestead in Mount Vernon, Virginia, you may not be able to find the stump of the legendary cherry tree that he was said to have chopped down, but you will gain insight into Washington's home life and see artifacts and architecture from early America.
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