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Washington, George: Mount Vernon
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George Washington died in his bed at Mount Vernon, Virginia, on December 14, 1799. As a Revolutionary War hero and the new nation's first president, Washington's life and death led to his glorification as a key iconic, mythological figure in United States history. The death of this founding father posed a threat to the emerging social identity that could only be resolved by massive, communal ceremonies celebrating his life, and his essential contributions to the birth of the new nation.
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More than 300 slaves lived and worked on the Mount Vernon farms when George Washington died in 1799. Most of the slaves worked in the fields. "Food grown at Mount Vernon was distributed to the slaves and their families and to the Washingtons." Washington taught trades to his slaves, and trained them for jobs. All of the Mount Vernon slaves were set free when Washington died. Some slaves were paid pensions until their deaths.
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George Washington was born in Virginia on February 22, 1732. George's father, Augustine Washington, died when George was 11. When George was 16 he went to live with his older brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon. Before George joined the military he was a surveyor.
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George Washington was the first president of the United States of America. He was born in 1732 in Westmoreland County, Va., and died in 1799 at his Mount Vernon home. For an in-depth look at the life of this fascinating figure in American history, see:
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When George's term was up, Martha and George wanted to move back to Mount Vernon but others wanted him to stay as President. He said it was time for another good man to take his place, so he left for Mount Vernon. Even when he was not President, people from the government still called on him for help. George died in 1799. He was 67 years old.
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George Washington prepared this manuscript map of his farm adjacent to the Mount Vernon estate in 1766. Known as River Farm, it was one of five tracts that made up the eight thousand acres he owned in the vicinity of Little Hunting Creek, less than ten miles south of Alexandria, Virginia. The map is ... one of the few examples of American colonial plantation or "estate" maps in the Library of Congress's collections.
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