BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Mt. Vernon -- Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center

VA -- Mt. Vernon -- Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center:

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1. MTVERV_070924_059.JPG: George Washington -- Age 19 This figure portrays Washington as a young surveyor. After using a laser to obtain pinpoint measurements of a life mask and bust created by French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon when Washington was 52 years old, a team of experts worked backwards to create a figure 33 years younger. He is over six feet two inches tall and would have weighed about 175 pounds. 1751 -- Forensic figure
2. MTVERV_070924_072.JPG: A map showing where the French and Indian War battles were fought. It was the Seven Years War that would see battles around the world. "The volley fired by a young Virginian in the backwoods of America set the world on fire." -- Horace Walpole, English author
3. MTVERV_070924_076.JPG: The battle at Fort Necessity
4. MTVERV_070924_097.JPG: Reproduction of Washington's box at his church in Alexandria
5. MTVERV_070924_129.JPG: George Washington -- Age 45 To gain a sense of what Washington looked like as a Revolutionary War General, an expert team studied his uniform's waistcoat and breeches, now located in the Smithsonian Institution, in order to determine the exact proportion and density of his torso and limbs. They based his hair color on dated samples of Washington's own hair found in Mount Vernon's collection. 1777 Forensic Figure
6. MTVERV_070924_200.JPG: I thought this map wasfascinating! It shows George Washington's land holdings. This guy had land in quite a few states including 23,000 acres in Great Kanawha in West Virginia. If you add up everything, he had around 100,000 acres.
7. MTVERV_070924_205.JPG: Patowmack Canal (opposite shore from the C&O Canal)
8. MTVERV_070924_208.JPG: The display showing his teeth is the one section you're not allowed to photograph in this part of the museum.
9. MTVERV_070924_222.JPG: George Washington -- Age 57 In creating this figure of Washington as president, a team of experts paid close attention to the role tooth loss played in shaping his face. A lifetime of tooth decay led to lone loss around the jaw, creating hollowness around the cheeks. At the time of this swearing-in-ceremony, he had just one tooth left in his mouth. 1789 Forensic Figure
10. MTVERV_070924_242.JPG: Fairly recent photograph -- note you can see the World War II Memorial
11. MTVERV_070924_244.JPG: Note the plane flying near the Teddy Roosevelt statue
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Description of Subject Matter: The new visitor center covers quite a lot of Washington's life. Some signs:

Setting the World On Fire:
During the early 1750s, longtime enemies Britain and France both laid claim to the land surrounding present-day Pittsburgh. Both countries saw the area as key to controlling the western frontier, and they were determined to defend it at all costs.
In 1754, a young and inexperienced George Washington led his Virginia Regiment there on behalf of Great Britain. Washington soon clashed with the French and their Indian allies, starting a war that quickly spilled beyond North America to Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Walking Away:
At age 23, George Washington rose to the highest rank among colonial officers -- Colonel of the Regiment.
After surrender, redemption.
Washington resigned from the Virginia Regiment after surrendering at Fort Necessity. The following year he joined the British Army, signing on as an unpaid aide to help General Edward Braddock to reclaim the Ohio Valley.
The 1755 campaign ended in disaster as French and Indian forces killed Braddock and most of his officers. Filling the breach, Washington braved fierce enemy fire to help reorganize and rescue dazed British troops. He became a war hero, earning a reputation that following him for the rest of his life.

The Dilemma of Slavery:
-- "There is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it." -- George Washington on slavery, 1783
As Washington grew older, he found it increasingly difficult to justify slavery in a country founded on liberty. And he questioned its value to the economy. He also believed that the slavery question would tear the country apart -- and so, like many others, he refused to address it publicly. Instead, he acted privately and freed his slaves in his will, setting an example for others to follow.
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