Mount Vernon

American  

noun

1. the home and tomb of George Washington in NE Virginia, on the Potomac, 15 miles (24 km) below Washington, D.C.

2. a city in SE New York, near New York City.

3. a city in S Illinois.

4. a city in central Ohio.

5. a town in NW Washington.

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Mount Vernon Cultural  

1. The home of George Washington; a historical landmark in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac River.

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He enslaved more than 100 people at Mount Vernon, and historians continue to grapple with the contradiction between the nation’s founding ideals and the human bondage practiced by its first president, among his strong mythology.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

The building, in Mount Vernon, New York, was under construction.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Most interesting are what the museum calls “AI-assisted, historically informed portraits” of specific slaves, created using photos of related members of the League of the Descendants of the Enslaved at Mount Vernon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

This would become the definitive form of the 18th-century American plantation house; George Washington’s Mount Vernon is the most famous example, and the original Monticello was a similarly bookish performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Many guests who made the pilgrimage to Mount Vernon included veterans who were glad to pay Billy to hear his war stories.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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