Welcome to the George Washington Birthplace National Monument homepage. This site is intended to enhance your understanding of the park and its significance. We hope that you will take the opportunity to visit one of the first historic sites in the National Park Service, George Washington Birthplace.

George Washington was born here in 1732 and remained on this plantation until age 3. He returned as a teenager while studying surveying. The picture above illustrates one of Washington's earliest surveys completed at the Birthplace formerly known as Popes Creek Plantation. He continued to visit his birthplace through 1771.

The father of interpretation for the National Park Service, Freeman Tilden, wrote of visiting "the scene of Washington's birthplace on Pope's Creek in tidewater Virginia. The house he enters is not the house where George Washington was born, but the spirit of our great whole man is there; and in these lovely and provoking surroundings, the staunch character of our hero comes to the imagination."

My staff and I are dedicated to making your visit to George Washington Birthplace a safe and enjoyable opportunity to experience the character of America's greatest leader. We invite you to further investigate our website.

Vidal Martinez
Superintendent