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When Martha Washington recalled the two saddest days of her life the first was December 14, 1799 when her husband died. The second was in January 1801 when Thomas Jefferson visited Mt Vernon. "Next to the loss of her husband" Jefferson’s visit was the “most painful occurrence of her life.”
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There is a crypt underneath the United States Capitol which was intended for George Washington, but his body was never moved since it was part of his last will to remain buried at Mt. Vernon. It is now used as storage.
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About the early history of American souvenir shops. Prior to specialized gift shops, visitors often removed random aritifacts as mementos leading to decay. In an effort to combat this activity, George Washington's MT Vernon estate began making items for sale from select trees on site.
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Parson Weems, a minister and bookseller, wrote a myth-filled biography of George Washington shortly after he died and made up the cherry tree story. The Mt. Vernon Digital Encyclopedia identifies the book, The Life of Washington, as "the point of origin for many long-held myths about Washington"
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George Washington was an avid fisherman, and Mt. Vernon had a very profitable fishery near it.
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George Washington's Mt. Vernon house had fake stone siding and only on the front
