Historical landmark
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Riverside plantation and burial site broken into by a vengeful fired gardener hunting a skull.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to George Washington's Mount Vernon centers on a night in 1830 when a gardener, freshly fired by the estate's owner, climbed down toward the old family vault with a crowbar rather than a shovel. Thirty years of damp had already split the coffins and scattered bones among some twenty Washingtons resting there. Best heard standing at the iron gate near the tomb, where the family's later repairs are still visible.
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