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Washingtons Mount Vernon Visit Memories and Gardens
A travel sketch explores Mount Vernon from Alexandria along the Potomac to George Washington's home. It notes peaceful riverbank picnics beside the tomb site Washington planned, a view from the portico, and a Roosevelt wreath ceremony memory. The piece highlights the house kitchen, hot cakes, and the antiquated rooms and furniture illustrating forefathers life on a Virginia plantation.
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Alexandria
Potomac
Mount Ver
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Washington
Mrs. Roosevelt
Secretary of the Navy
Arthur Balfour
Steels
Virginia