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Potomac River Beach and Washington Family Burial Ground Closed
The road leading to the Potomac River Beach and Washington Family Burial Ground is closed completely as are those two sites because of tree removal following the storms that hit the park last Thursday. Thank you for your understanding.
Following in his Footsteps; Park Education Programs
"My sentiments are pefectly in unison with yours sir, that the best means of forming a manly, virtuous and happy people, will be found in the right education of youth. Without this foundation, every other means, in my opinion, must fail."
-George Washington letter to George Chapman
December 15, 1784
