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Remembering the First President:
President George Bush and King Hussein of Jordan visited Mount Vernon on April 19, 1989. Eugenia Merrill Seamans, Regent of the Association, led a brisk tour of the Mansion and grounds before the entourage boarded a ship for a cruise back to the nation's capital.
President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan braved near-zero temperatures to lay a ceremonial wreath at Washington's tomb on George Washington's 250th birthday, February 22, 1982.
To commemorate the bicentennial of Washington's death, a moving re-enactment of his funeral was held on December 18, 1999. |