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<\/a>Old tomb from 1799 to 1831 when he was moved to the new tomb<\/p><\/div>\n
Here is the new tomb.\u00a0 Both Martha and George are in the front of the tomb and visible when you look in.\u00a0 25 other members of the family are entombed behind a door between George and Martha and another 3 are entombed off to the right.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>New tomb finished 1831<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>George Washington – right side
You can see the door in the back where the other 25 members of his family are entombed<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Martha Washington – left side<\/p><\/div>\n
Then there was the slave graveyard.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Memorial erected by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association in 1929<\/p><\/div>\n
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We wandered down the path to the dock and around the corner is a farm that’s sole purpose was to grow food for the main house.\u00a0 George envisioned a 2 story 16 sided barn where the planks on the upper floor had small gaps between the boards.\u00a0 You would throw the wheat after it was harvested on the floor and let horsed walk across it to break the wheat kernels off from the strand they would fall through the floor to the bottom floor leaving only the stems on the upper floor.\u00a0 They would then round up the the wheat off the bottom floor and prepare it for winter.\u00a0 Whether they ground if for flour or left it as is.<\/p>\n
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bottom floor where the wheat was gathered up<\/p><\/div>\n George was a surveyor when he first started out and you can tell when\u00a0 you walk around the grounds.\u00a0 Everything is layed out nicely and everything is in it’s place.<\/p>\n In the stables they still have a carriage that belonged to Washington.<\/p>\n Along with some other interesting stuff.\u00a0 I think the sign said it was a riding chair.<\/p>\n riding chair could more easily travel country roads than the bulkier coaches<\/p><\/div>\n When it came time for us to get into line to make our way into the house we both looked at the line and said to hell with it.\u00a0 The line was ridiculous and there was no way either of us wanted to stand in line.\u00a0 We have been through the house before and then we learned that the main dining room (which in my opinion is the best room in the house) was closed for restoration.\u00a0 That decided it for us.\u00a0 You also can’t take pictures inside so since I’ve seen it before i wasn’t going to gain anything.\u00a0 Here are some pictures of the house and in the first one you can see the line of people on the left side.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>