Mount Vernon

American

noun

the home and tomb of George Washington in NE Virginia, on the Potomac, 15 miles (24 km) below Washington, D.C.
a city in SE New York, near New York City.
a city in S Illinois.
a city in central Ohio.
a town in NW Washington.

Mount Vernon Cultural

The home of George Washington; a historical landmark in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac River.

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When the Constitutional Convention concluded on Sept. 17, 1787, its president, George Washington, bought a four-volume edition of “Don Quixote” from a Philadelphia bookseller to bring home to Mount Vernon.

From The Wall Street Journal

Always an assiduous public-image crafter, George Washington paid meticulous attention to both his personal appearance and that of his beloved Mount Vernon estate, where he constantly received friends, associates and admirers.

From The Wall Street Journal

It would mention his role in drafting the Fairfax Resolves at Mount Vernon in 1774, which condemned the slave trade as “wicked cruel and unnatural” and called for putting “an entire Stop” to it.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Berk, born in Houston and raised in conservative Mount Vernon, Mo., is a self-taught pro at identifying what isn’t working and doing everything possible to fix it, including in his own life.

From Los Angeles Times

As such, the National Museum of the United States Army, just a few miles from Gen. George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate, has mounted an exhibit, “Call to Arms: The Soldier and the Revolutionary War.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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