Last Wednesday, our class flew to Virginia for a visit to George Washington's Mount Vernon mansion and plantation...virtually, that is. Students took a good look at various rooms in the mansion and locations at the plantation. Our guide took us on a 90-minute tour and answered specific questions we had about what we were seeing.
We heard about the copper-green paint in the dining room that would cost $500 a gallon if bought today. We heard about Washington's "fan-chair", located in his office space. We looked at his war chest - an object that moved everywhere with the commander-in-chief throughout the Revolutionary War. We saw the bed where he died in the room where he died. We looked at the Bastille key, sent to George Washington by his good friend, the Marquis de Lafayette.
We heard about the copper-green paint in the dining room that would cost $500 a gallon if bought today. We heard about Washington's "fan-chair", located in his office space. We looked at his war chest - an object that moved everywhere with the commander-in-chief throughout the Revolutionary War. We saw the bed where he died in the room where he died. We looked at the Bastille key, sent to George Washington by his good friend, the Marquis de Lafayette.
