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George Washington Birthplace National Monument
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George Washington Related Sites

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George Washington's Ferry Farm Called Home House Plantation by the Washingtons, George Washington lived here much of his youth.

George Washington's Mount Vernon George Washington's estate during his adult years contained over eight thousand acres and was divided into five farms.

George Washington House in Barbados The young George Washington and his ailing brother Lawrence resided here for two months in 1751.

Sulgrave Manor, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - Ancestral home of the Washingtons in Britain.

The Rough Riders embarking for Cuba from Tampa, Florida.  

Did You Know?
Theodore Roosevelt resigned his cabinet post as Assitant Secretary of the Navy in 1898 to raise a volunteer cavalry regiment called the Rough Riders. Newspaper accounts of their exploits made the Rough Riders national heros and pushed TR into the New York governorship and eventually the presidency.

Last Updated: March 22, 2009 at 16:35 EST