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Category Archives: George Washington
Visit to Wellington (River Farm) on the Way to War
On April 17, 1862, William H. Snowden boarded the steamboat John A. Warner for a trip down the Potomac River. He was traveling for business….with the Union Army. While he was raised in the Quaker tradition, at the first sign … Continue reading
Posted in Backyard Mount Vernon, Black Walnut, Broad Creek, George Washington, River Farm, Snowden, Trees, Wellington
Tagged A.R. Waud, Alexandria, VA, American Horticultural Society, Arlington Cemetery, Fort Worth, John A. Warner, Mount Vernon District, Peninsula Campaign, River Farm, Wellington, William H. Snowden
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The Hunter Family of Cedar Hill
Prior to the Civil War, the southern section of the Waynewood neighborhood in Alexandria, VA was owned by the Hunters, one of the many Northern families that migrated to the Mount Vernon District in the mid-nineteenth century to apply modern … Continue reading
Posted in Backyard Mount Vernon, Fort Hunt, Fort Hunt Park, George Washington, Potomac, Snowden, Trees, Waynewood
Tagged Alexandria Market House, Cedar Hill, Jane Frances Hunter, Margaretta Holstein Hunter, Marilyn Geiger, Neck Road, Potomac Lane, Rachael Pocahontas Hunter, Red Cedar, Sheridan's Point, Snowden School, St. Paul's Cemetery, William Hunter
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Heirs of River Farm
Published in the Mount Vernon Gazette March 31, 2021 On October 15, 1785, George Washington’s favorite nephew married Martha Washington’s favorite niece. George Augustine Washington was the son of George Washington’s youngest Brother Charles, the founder of Charlestown, West Virginia. … Continue reading
Posted in Backyard Mount Vernon, George Washington, Mount Vernon, Pohick Church, River Farm, Wellington
Tagged Anna Maria Washington, Anthony Whiting, Charles Augustine Washington, Fanny Bassett, George Augustine Washington, George Fayette Washington, River Farm, Tobias Lear, Walnut Tree Farm, Wellington, Wellington at River Farm
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Who Built Collingwood in Alexandria, VA?
Local tradition, a 1937 Works Progress Administration report on the structure, and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) hold that
Harrison Dodge: Superintendent of Mount Vernon & Vestryman of Pohick Church
On May 19, 1937, Harrison Howell Dodge passed away suddenly from a cerebral hemorrhage. This would end his 52 year tenure as the Superintendent of the Mount Vernon Estate, a record of service that stands today. On May 21st, following … Continue reading
Posted in Backyard Mount Vernon, George Washington, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Harrison Howell Dodge, Mount Vernon, Pohick Church, Trees
Tagged Charles Cecil Wall, Edith Roosevelt, Elizabeth Knowlton Dodge, Henry Ford, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison
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Wisteria in the Mount Vernon Area: Devastatingly Beautiful
When George Washington purchased 3 wisteria plants for his Mount Vernon estate in March 1792, William Bartram delivered them with a detailed description that could be read as a friendly warning. Bartram, a naturalist who inherited his father’s nursery, describes … Continue reading
Posted in Backyard Mount Vernon, George Washington, GW Rec Center, Invasive species, Mount Air, Mount Vernon, Trees, Wisteria
Tagged American wisteria, Chinese wisteria, Fort Hunt Rd, GW Parkway, Japanese wisteria, Telegraph Rd, Wisteria floribunda, Wisteria frutescens, Wisteria sinensis
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