Gates leading up to the house. This house belong to George Washington's father and was passed down to George's older brother Augustine. |
When Augustine died George inherited the house and after marrying Martha enlarged the house and the farm over the years. |
a replica of his wagon |
This is the old vault where family members of the Washington clan were buried. When George died he willed that a new vault be constructed. |
Washington also dictated where on the property the new Vault would be built. |
George and Martha are interred inside and the other family members are buried in the back door. No further family members can be added to the vault according the person there. |
Next we went into the museum. This sword was used by George Washington during the French and Indian War |
Dress and shoes worn by Martha Washington |
We learned that George Washington had two favorite horses that he like to ride. One was for battle as it was not skittish and the other for more formal ceremonies as it was consider prettier:) |
Was Martha's favorite slave a favorite because Martha loved her so or because she gave such good service? It looks like it was an interesting field trip! They did have a wonderful view!
ReplyDeleteThanks you so much for posting this adventure; it brought back some sweet memories of our visit there. It has been quite a few years and they have probably added more to it all; but I loved going there. I love history. I always enjoy reading about anything historical. I especially loved being able to visit this area.
ReplyDeleteBlessings for bringing back some memories and adding some more things I didn't know.