George Washington's Historic Mount Vernon FULL TOUR

George Washington's Historic Mount Vernon FULL TOUR. The Home & Estate of GEORGE WASHINGTON - Welcome to Mount Vernon. If you would like to support me on Patreon please visit: / travelswithnick #mountvernon #georgewashington #tour #fulltour #visitvirginia
WATCH THIS Before You Visit GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOUNT VERNON | Complete Tour Walkthrough & Review. GEORGE WASHINGTON Death Bed & MOUNT VERNON Home Estate Tour In this video we're at George Washington's Home and Estate at Mount Vernon in VA! In this video we tour the entire estate which includes his plantation, his home, gravesite, all buildings and crops. If you're ever in the area I suggest you take the day and visit George Washington's Mount Vernon you will not be disappointed!
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George Washington (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799) was an American soldier, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army, Washington led the Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War, and presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which established the Constitution of the United States and a federal government. Washington has been called the "Father of the Nation" for his manifold leadership in the formative days of the country.
Washington's first public office was serving as official Surveyor of Culpeper County, Virginia from 1749 to 1750. Subsequently, he received his initial military training (as well as a command with the Virginia Regiment) during the French and Indian War. He was later elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and was named a delegate to the Continental Congress. Here he was appointed Commanding General of the Continental Army. With this title, he commanded American forces (allied with France) in the defeat and surrender of the British at the Siege of Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War. He resigned his commission after the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783.
Washington played an indispensable role in adopting and ratifying the Constitution of the United States. He was then twice elected president by the Electoral College unanimously. As president, he implemented a strong, well-financed national government while remaining impartial in a fierce rivalry between cabinet members Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. During the French Revolution, he proclaimed a policy of neutrality while sanctioning the Jay Treaty. He set enduring precedents for the office of president, including the title "Mr. President", and his Farewell Address is widely regarded as a pre-eminent statement on republicanism.
Washington was a slaveowner who had a complicated relationship with slavery. During his lifetime he controlled a total of over 577 slaves, who were forced to work on his farms and wherever he lived, including the President's House in Philadelphia. As president, he signed laws passed by Congress that both protected and curtailed slavery. His will said that one of his slaves, William Lee, should be freed upon his death, and that the other 123 slaves must work for his wife and be freed on her death. She freed them during her lifetime to remove the incentive to hasten her death.
He endeavored to assimilate Native Americans into the Anglo-American culture but fought indigenous resistance during instances of violent conflict. He was a member of the Anglican Church and the Freemasons, and he urged broad religious freedom in his roles as general and president. Upon his death, he was eulogized by Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee as "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen".
Washington has been memorialized by monuments, a federal holiday, various media, geographical locations, including the national capital, the State of Washington, stamps, and currency, and many scholars and polls rank him among the greatest U.S. presidents. In 1976 Washington was posthumously promoted to the rank of General of the Armies of the United States.

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[@bicentenialkid]

I hope as writing to say hello and I hope you folks are doing great. Have a great day. I have been here before. Great place for sure.

[@TravelswithNick]

Awesome thanks Matt!

[@rhondaz356]

I would like to go there sometime. It looks like a cool place. I didn't know George Washington never had children of his own either. What a very beautiful home it is.. Thank you for taking us along, and for the lovely pics of the interior, and the video of the exterior of Mt. Vernon, Nick. 👏👏

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Thanks Rhonda 😎👍👍. I’ve always loved the revolutionary war and this was something I’ve had on my bucket list the past 10yrs. It was surreal to actually see this in person where he lived. Was a great tour and only 30mins from DC. Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it 😄

[@stephenburns3678]

Thank you.

[@TravelswithNick]

Thanks for watching!

[@StephenRLucas]

I live in Virginia and we went on a day trip there with my 8th grade class. What a great place, and you captured it all so well. Thank you for doing this video!

[@TravelswithNick]

Thanks so much for the nice compliment!! Glad you got to see it as well! Such a beautiful place 😎👍👍

[@NeTxGrl]

I'm a huge fan of this time period. I had quite a few ancestors that fought in the American Revolution. One of them, my 5th ggf Samuel Ellis, had a conversation with Washington. When I had my ancestry done I found out I was a distant cousin to him. True George and Martha never had kids. He was the one that was most likely to be infertile. He had several illnesses when he was younger that can cause male infertility. Martha had 4 children in a previous marriage. When you showed that huge tree at 13:01 it made me think of a wooden vase I purchased from Mt.Vernon. It was made from a chestnut tree that had been there during Washington's lifetime. It fell during a severe thunderstorm on the day my father died. So the vase has a lot of meaning to me. He died 223 years ago. It really wasn't as long as it feels. I think a couple things feed into that. We only have paintings of people from that time and their written words. It gives it a storybook feeling. Also the dramatic way our lifestyles have changed over the last couple of centuries. It gives this time a much more distant feel because of that. Imagine if there was photography and video back then. We could see what they really looked and sounded like. I have a couple of pictures of my 4th great grandparents. The pictures were taken sometime in the 1870's. They were born in the 1700's. When I was looking at them I thought, man I'm looking at people that were alive when Washington was still around. I like cemeteries too. You're not sick, lol. My hometown in New England has a couple of cemeteries that go back to the 1600's. People are buried there that fought in the French and Indian war the American Revolution and the civil war. It's not really known if he died from epiglottitis or all the blood letting. He lost about 40 percent of his blood volume. There was a young physician there that told Washington's physicians about a new procedure called a tracheostomy. But Washington's physicians were not interested in trying the new procedure that could have saved his life. Well if George comes back and checks his property on occasion, I hope he's happy with the way it's being taken care of. It must be surreal standing next to his tomb, he's so near yet so far.

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Wow! Such a great and interesting comment! Thanks so much for sharing all this amazing info!! Really cool stories 😎🤘 thanks for watching!

[@mercygrace2488]

I love this video! The house is awesome!!!

[@TravelswithNick]

Thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed it was amazing to see 😎👍

[@cjcadventures]

I would so love to live in that house really love history like this great video 👍

[@TravelswithNick]

Thank you!! If you ever get the chance to make it here it’s totally worth it! I would love to go back. Thanks again 😎👍👍

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[@flocosta]

I 've heard George Washington had several kids with different slaves. Such a great video. Thank you!

[@TravelswithNick]

Glad you enjoyed 😎✌️

[@VinceNeil-sg9nq]

I heard that Elvis is still alive

[@wonkabahr2786]

Great video. The scene where you is stated that Washington did not use the old tomb is not so. He was intombed at the old tomb from 1799 until 1839 when the tomb he is presently intombed in was completed and he was moved to from the old tomb to the present one. Awesome video and thanks for posting.

[@TravelswithNick]

Thanks for the update! Glad you enjoyed 😎🤘

[@DavidSmith-en8yl]

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Thanks for watching!