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In 2023, Mount Vernon was pleased to introduce a new executive director at the George Washington Presidential Library —Patrick Spero, Ph.D. As an award-winning historian and former director of the Library & Museum of the American Philosophical Society, Dr. Spero is well-equipped to lead the Washington Library into its second decade, noting ...
1793 →. The first inauguration of George Washington as the first president of the United States was held on Thursday, April 30, 1789, on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, New York. The inauguration was held nearly two months after the beginning of the first four-year term of George Washington as president.
Feb 22, 2012 · Washington’s creativity was of the type one associates with modern entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates and even Donald Trump. Whereas Franklin built gadgets at his homestead, and Jefferson built fancy buildings, the notable things Washington built were a series of interconnected businesses. In the 2006 biography The Unexpected George Washington ...
Jan 22, 2007 · Few Americans realize that Washington’s estate at Mount Vernon was far more than a beautiful plantation―it was also the site of the nation’s largest whiskey distillery, a very sophisticated milling operation, and a remarkable fishery that netted 1.5 million herring in a seven-week season.
- James Rees, Stephen J. Spignesi
Art in a variety of media – watercolor, engraving, embroidery, and sculpture – filled the Little Parlor. Many of the prints in the Little Parlor feature a maritime theme, perhaps a nod to the Potomac River visible through the room’s east-facing windows. The present installation represents 15 of the 20 artworks that were originally in the ...
Mary Washington ( née Ball; c. 1707–1709 –. () August 25, 1789) was an American planter best known for being the mother of the first president of the United States, George Washington. The second wife of Augustine Washington, she became a prominent member of the Washington family. She spent a large part of her life in Fredericksburg ...
t. e. Washington's Farewell Address [1] is a letter written by President George Washington as a valedictory to "friends and fellow-citizens" after 20 years of public service to the United States. [2] He wrote it near the end of the second term of his presidency before retiring to his home at Mount Vernon in Virginia.
