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1. It is 28 miles from Mount Vernon to Washington DC?  If you were riding in a car it would take you approximately 31 minutes driving 55 miles an hour.  How long would it take President Washington to get to Washington DC  riding his horse at 12 miles an hour. 
     
2. George Washington lived at Mount Vernon from 1754 until his death in 1799.   How long did he live there?
3. The public can tour through 14 rooms in the mansion. If 25 students take the tour and they take 20 minutes in each room how long will it take for all of them to finish the tour?
4. If two adults, seven senior citizens, and five10 year olds were going to visit Mount Vernon, how much money would they need? Use the table below for price information. 
   

   Ticket Information for Mt. Vernon
   Purchaser	Price per ticket	Other information
   Adults	$9.00
   Senior Citizens	$8.50	age 62 and above (with identification)
   Children age 6 through 11	$4.50	(accompanied by an adult)
   Children age 5 and under	FREE	(accompanied by an adult)
   Annual Pass	$15.00	(unlimited admission for one year)

Contributed by Matthew G.

4. Our first president who lived at Mount Vernon from 1754 until his death in 1799 was George Washington. If this is true how long did he live there?
5. The public can tour through 14 rooms in the mansion. If 25 student take the tour and they take 20 minutes in each room, how long will it take for all of them to finish the tour?
6. Use the chart above to answer the following question.
   If two adult, seven senior citizens, and five 10 year olds were going to visit Mount Vernon how much money would they need?

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Scavenger Hunt

By AES Teachers and Matthew G.

1. What type of events are taking place when you go to Mount Vernon this year?  Go to the web site to find out!  http://www.mountvernon.org/calendar/
2. Do you know all about Washington's five farms?  Visit the web site, then take the quiz.  Be sure to print your results!  http://www.mountvernon.org/pioneer/farms/
3. Over the years, he enlarged the mansion and built up the property from 2,000 acres to nearly how many acres?
   http://www.mountvernon.org/mtour/one.asp 
4. If we go to Mount Vernon on February 28 what will we be doing?
   Go to the web site to find out!  http://www.mountvernon.org/calendar/feb.asp 
5. Mount Vernon was home to George Washington for how many years?
   Go to the web site to find out!  http://www.mountvernon.org/mtour/one.asp 

Answers 

1. Washington really had wooden false teeth? 
2. Washington inherited Mount Vernon from his brother? 
3. Washington really chopped down a cherry tree? 
4. Washington's great granddaughter married a Confederate general? 
5. Martha and George Washington had several biological children? 
6. Washington marries Martha Custis in 1759.
7. In 1797 Washington's second term as President was over and John Adams becomes President.
8. Washington died on December 14, 1899.
9. Washington marries Martha Custis in 1759.
10. In 1797 Washington's second term as President was over and John Adams becomes President.
11. Washington wore false teeth made of wood.
12. Washington died on December 14, 1899.
    

Information about Mount Vernon
By AES Teachers and Matthew G.

     Mount Vernon, a beautiful mansion, is located on the Potomac River about 300 miles from the sea.  This tremendous mansion has been a home for many people in the Washington family, including our first president who lived here from 1754 until his death at age 67 in 1799.

    Mount Vernon, near Alexandria, VA., the home of George Washington, was a small house, probably built before 1700, that Washington enlarged in stages.  In 1757-58 a story was added, and the exterior walls were finished in wood that was painted and sanded to resemble rusticated stone, probably inspired by illustrations in William Adam's Vitruvius Scotticus (c. 1780) a neoclassical architectural  pattern-book. The interiors were remodeled using decorative details culled from English publications of the contemporary style of Robert Adam.  Between 1776 and 1778 the house, of Georgians design, was extended at each end to nearly double its original size, and a pediment was added over the entrance.  The familiar portico, with eight slender piers, was added in 1784, and the cupola over the center of the house was completed in 1787.  The effect of the whole is that of a composition of borrowed English motifs rendered with a distinctively graceful naiveté that gave American colonial architecture its special character.

     Mount Vernon is preserved by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union which was founded by Ann Cunningham 1853.   Now Mount Vernon is a well-known tourist attraction in Virginia.  The public can tour through 14 rooms in the mansion and walk through the many gardens of the home just like George Washington did.  One can imagine the working plantation with slave bustling on the grounds and Mr. Washington, himself, inspecting the activities. 

 Mount Vernon was the home of George Washington. It lies in Fairfax County, Virginia, about 15 miles south of Washington DC. Millions of tourist visit Mount Vernon every year. With about 8,000 acres of land (which was enlarged from about 2,000 acres of land) and five active farms this is a very beautiful estate. Washington, our first president, lived here from 1754 until his death at age 67 in 1799. George and Martha Washington’s tomb can be found at Mount Vernon. 
                                        
George Washington’s home was a small house probably built before 1700. Washington enlarged the house. In 1757-1758 a story was added, and the exterior walls were finished in wood that was painted and sanded to resemble rusticated stone.   Between 1776 and 1778 the house was extended at each end to nearly double its original size. In 1759 Washington married Martha Dandridge Cutis who live with Washington at Mount Vernon with her two kids Washington’s estate has a variety of livestock, varying from horses to sheep to even pigs. Washington wrote the following before he died when the state of Washington tried to have him be buried under the White House. This is an authentic signature.

1. 2 hours and 33 minutes
2. 45 years
3. 280 min.
4. $100.00
5. 45 years
6. 280 min.
7. $100.00
   

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Answers to Scavenger Hunt

1. Answers will vary
2. Printed results
3. 8000
4. Slave Life at Mount Vernon Tour and African-American Heritage Programs
5. 45
   

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Answers to Fact or Fiction

1. Fiction (Washington had false teeth but they were not made of wood, one was made of cow's tooth and others made from a hippopotamus ivory).
2. Fact
3. Fiction (Probably not, the story came from Parson Weems to illustrate Washington's honestly)
4. Fact
5. Fiction (Washington had no children but raised two children from Martha's previous marriage). 
6. True
7. True
8. False (he died on December 14, 1799)
9. True
10. True
11. False (Washington wore false teeth made from hippopotamus ivory)
12. False (he died on December 14, 1799)

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Citation

Wall, Charles C. Meadows, Christine. Rhodehamel, John H. Clark, and Ellen McCallister.  Mt. Vernon Handbook. Mt. Vernon, Virginia: Mt. Vernon Ladies Association of the Union. 1974. p95.

Mount Vernon Ladies' Association "Calendar of Events" 2000. 12-January-03. <http://www.mountvernon.org/calendar/>

Mount Vernon Ladies' Association "Mansion Tour" 2000. 12-January-03. <http://www.mountvernon.org/mtour/one.asp>

Mount Vernon Ladies' Association "George Washington's Mt. Vernon's Estate and Gardens " 2000. 12-January-03. <http://www.mountvernon.org/>

"Posters." All Posters.com. 2002, June 5. 5 June, 2002. <http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=99864&c=c&search=1603>.