Discover the Real George Washington: New Views from Mount Vernon

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Think you know everything about our first president? Test your knowledge with this comprehensive exhibit that spans George Washington's life not just as the leader of the newly-freed world, but also as a husband, a landowner, a slave owner, and a farmer. Follow Washington from the youth who supposedly couldn't tell a lie to the Revolutionary War hero immortalized on the dollar bill with the help of life-size figures, video, original artifacts, and interactive displays.