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İngilizce - İngilizce

mount vernon teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: the home of George Washington between 1747 and 1799 and the place where he is buried. It is in northeast Virginia, US and is now a museum. Home and burial place of George Washington. It is located in northern Virginia, U.S., on the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. The estate was inherited by Washington in 1751. Near the 18th-century Georgian mansion is a plain brick tomb, built at Washington's direction, that holds his and his wife's remains. After the U.S. government declined to buy it, in 1858 the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union raised $200,000 and purchased the house and 200 acres (81 hectares) of the estate; the association still maintains the site; the former residence of George Washington; in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river

mount vernon