We're still a few weeks away from my exciting summer residency at George Washington's Mount Vernon. This video is enough to entice the history buff in me...and yes, even the parts where the teachers get to sit down and listen to a lecture or take part in conversations are intriguing. I am by far not an expert on Washington during any part of his life, but I am already growing in my knowledge because of my acceptance to the teacher institute.
I know the video is not enough. I long for some explanation to go along with the pictures (or at the very least some kind of audio to overlay the video). I've combed the interweb looking for blogs from previous participants, but even after looking them over, I say again, it's not enough. They say - about many things - that you have to see it for yourself to appreciate it; I'm sure that's the case with Mount Vernon.
