Mount Vernon was George Washington’s home from 1754-1799.
There are many historic places to visit in Virginia. In the city of Williamsburg, a large area has been preserved to look like it did more than 200 years ago during colonial times. Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living-history museum in the world. There are historic buildings and actors explaining the past.
You can see George Washington’s home, Mount Vernon, in Virginia. Since it opened as a museum in 1860, more than 80 million people have visited. You can also visit Jamestown, which became the first English permanent settlement in North America in 1607.
Photo Credit: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
