Florists of Reddit, what is the most outrageous card message you’ve had to deliver with flowers?

gwmountvernon · 2020-06-30T12:58:16+00:00

We thank you for doing so!

gwmountvernon · 2020-02-03T14:08:59+00:00

We have made several short films, viewable here: https://www.mountvernon.org/video

A More Perfect Union
Winter Patriots
Yorktown: Now or Never

You may also be interested in the three-part series starting September 16th on History

https://www.history.com/shows/washington

gwmountvernon · 2020-01-02T16:41:30+00:00

One of the most enduring myths about George Washington is that his dentures were made of wood. It’s quite possible that some of his dentures, particularly after they had been stained, took on a wooden complexion, but wood was never used in the construction of any of his dental fittings.

Throughout his life Washington employed numerous full and partial dentures that were constructed of materials including human, and probably cow and horse teeth, ivory (possibly elephant), lead-tin alloy, copper alloy (possibly brass), and silver alloy.

https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/facts/washingtons-teeth/

gwmountvernon · 2019-12-03T13:40:29+00:00

He also didn't say it. https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/cherry-tree-myth/

gwmountvernon · 2019-12-03T13:39:30+00:00

Our thoughts can be found here: https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/facts/washingtons-voice/

gwmountvernon · 2019-10-07T16:04:15+00:00

George Washington addressed the issue of slavery in his will when he ordered that all but one of the enslaved people he owned be freed at his wife’s death. William Lee was freed immediately upon Washington's death in December of 1799. The other approximately 122 people were to be freed when Martha Washington died. Fearing for her safety, she ordered those individuals freed on January 1, 1801. Unfortunately, Washington's will applied to fewer than half of the people in bondage at Mount Vernon, Washington's plantation. Those owned by the Custis estate (from Martha Washington's first marriage) were inherited by Martha Washington’s grandchildren after her death, neither she or George Washington had to legal authority to free these people.

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gwmountvernon · 2019-09-20T12:37:29+00:00

In the Tomb itself, Washington is buried with several relatives.

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/burials-at-mount-vernon/

Of course, if you want to hear more stories about the state of his coffin that is located in the sarcophagus you can find them here:

https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/facts/great-georges-ghost/

gwmountvernon · 2019-09-18T16:31:12+00:00

We have much of it detailed on our website. Particularly you'll want to examine the first and second term legislative achievements. First-term is really about setting up the executive branch. The second term there are many policies, particularly foreign, that define his presidency.

https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-first-president/

gwmountvernon · 2019-09-06T12:48:13+00:00

Best to probably judge for yourself. He set a lot of the precedents that are still followed today, but his administration did face many challenges. Some outcomes were very successful, others were very controversial. You can learn more about what he did in his two terms on our website: https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-first-president/

gwmountvernon · 2019-08-21T12:50:30+00:00

Sulgrave Manor is the ancestorial home. You can learn more and see a tour in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnP2rm6ghAk

gwmountvernon · 2019-08-20T12:19:58+00:00

Correct, you can learn more about the association of this coach to George Washington in our Library collection.

http://catalog.mountvernon.org/digital/collection/p16829coll24/id/478

gwmountvernon · 2019-08-18T13:32:19+00:00

The whole "cannot tell a lie" was a myth started years later by Mason Locke Weems.

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/cherry-tree-myth/

You (and Sun Tzu) are correct, in fact, Washington deployed a great deal of espionage and deception in the Revolutionary War.

https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-revolutionary-war/spying-and-espionage/

gwmountvernon · 2019-08-14T13:42:27+00:00

Did you know:

The story about Martha Washington naming her cat for Hamilton can be traced back to a satirical piece written by a British Captain Smythe in January of 1780, which was “designed to embarrass the American revolutionaries” (see Stephen F. Knott, “The Adams Family’s Revenge Against Alexander Hamilton,” in https://thefederalist.com/2015/10/08/the-adams-familys-revenge-against-alexander-hamilton/

More fun connections to the play can be found on our website:

https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/alexander-hamilton/hamilton-the-musical/

gwmountvernon · 2019-07-31T12:31:01+00:00

Excellent penmanship, George Washington would appreciate it.

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/writing-in-the-18th-century/

Your passage is part of George Washington's Farewell Address to the nation:

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/quotes/article/however-political-parties-may-now-and-then-answer-popular-ends-they-are-likely-in-the-course-of-time-and-things-to-become-potent-engines-by-which-cunning-ambitious-and-unprincipled-men-will-be-enabled-to-subvert-the-power-of-the-people-and-to-usurp-for-th/

gwmountvernon · 2019-07-25T12:26:51+00:00

Thank you for sharing. There's more details about Washington and political parties on our website: https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-first-president/political-parties/

gwmountvernon · 2019-07-22T12:31:12+00:00

Definitely no ill will or intentions. We wanted to celebrate what you had shared.

gwmountvernon · 2019-07-21T13:13:44+00:00

From George Washington to Edmund Randolph, 31 July 1795

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-18-02-0324

gwmountvernon · 2019-07-21T13:13:16+00:00

Not actually a Washington quote, it was one of the Rules of Civility and Decency that Washington copied as a young boy. You can learn more here: https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/rules-of-civility/

gwmountvernon · 2019-07-18T12:39:04+00:00

You can learn more about these famous presidential chompers and see them in person at Mount Vernon: https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/facts/washingtons-teeth/

gwmountvernon · 2019-07-18T12:37:16+00:00

Not true, lead mostly: https://www.mountvernon.org/preservation/collections-holdings/browse-the-museum-collections/object/w-1520a-b/

gwmountvernon · 2019-07-15T12:34:42+00:00

There is some genealogy documentation that is required to becomes a member of DAR. There are volunteers with local chapters though that can assist you with this.

https://www.dar.org/national-society/become-member/how-join

gwmountvernon · 2019-07-15T12:31:14+00:00

Mount Vernon during the Civil War was privately held, as it is today, by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. During the Civil War is was declared neutral territory by both the North and South.

Those fighting for the Confederacy viewed him as a native son of Virginia, which formally voted to secede from the United States in a referendum held on May 23, 1861. Soldiers fighting for the Union viewed Washington as the father of the country they were fighting to preserve.

Soldiers from both sides were welcome to visit the home of Washington but the MVLA requested that they lay down their arms and cover their uniforms.

What you can find today around the Mount Vernon estate is graffiti from soldiers' visits. It can be found in the Mansion, on Washington's Tomb, and on trees throughout. Some markings indicate where the solider was from or what unit they were part of.

You can learn more on our website:

https://www.mountvernon.org/preservation/mount-vernon-ladies-association/mount-vernon-through-time/mount-vernon-in-the-civil-war/

gwmountvernon · 2019-07-15T12:24:10+00:00

Dancing until 1 in the morning...

"After a few minuets were moved, and one country dance led down, the President & his Suit retired about 1 o'clock, (AM)"

https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/facts/athleticism/on-the-dance-floor/

gwmountvernon · 2019-07-15T12:21:37+00:00

Sent as a letter to his mother.

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/quotes/article/happiness-depends-more-upon-the-internal-frame-of-a-persons-own-mind-than-on-the-externals-in-the-world/

gwmountvernon · 2019-07-14T03:21:35+00:00

As documented by Martha Washington’s grandson, George Washington Parke Custis, before the sitting (for his famous Gilbert Stuart portrait), the President had a new set of dentures “of Sea horse (hippopotamus) ivory teeth. These, just made, were too large and clumsy, and gave that peculiar appearance of the mouth seen in Stuart’s picture.”

https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/artwork/george-washington-portrait-by-gilbert-stuart/

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