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    Mount Vernon is the county seat of and the most populous city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. A central location in the Skagit River Valley...
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    Mount Vernon is the former residence and plantation of George Washington, a Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War...
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    the east. The Mount Vernon area is all land which was once a part of the farms of George and Martha Washington's expansive Mount Vernon estate. Much of...
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    tuberculosis. Washington contracted smallpox during that trip, which left his face slightly scarred. Lawrence died in 1752, and Washington leased Mount Vernon from...
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    the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 129,523. The county seat and largest city is Mount Vernon. The county was formed...
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    Mount Vernon is a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, located immediately north of the city's downtown. It is named for George Washington's Mount Vernon...
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  • Mount Vernon is the Virginia estate of George Washington, the first President of the United States. Mount Vernon or Mont Vernon may also refer to: Mount...
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    to George Washington in 1759, moving to his plantation, Mount Vernon. Her youngest daughter died of epilepsy in 1773, and the Washingtons were unable...
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    Mount Vernon Square station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Green and Yellow Lines. It is the northeastern terminus of the Yellow...
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    Mount Vernon Square is a city square and neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The square is located where the following streets...
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    President George Washington, he inherited his uncle's papers and Mount Vernon, taking possession in 1802 after the death of Martha Washington, his uncle's...
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    Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York City, immediately to the north of the borough...
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    Mount Vernon High School (MVHS) is a high school in Mount Vernon, Washington. The school was originally known as Union High School. With a student body...
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    house known as Mount Vernon, which he named after British Admiral Edward Vernon, his commanding officer in the War of Jenkins' Ear. Washington became ill...
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    Mount Vernon Triangle is a neighborhood and community improvement district in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The neighborhood is located adjacent...
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    The Washington Monument is the centerpiece of intersecting Mount Vernon Place and Washington Place, an urban square in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere neighborhood...
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  • The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union (MVLA) is a non-profit organization that preserves and maintains the Mount Vernon estate originally...
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    George Washington at Mount Vernon is the presidential library of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Located at Washington's home...
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    slaves. By the time of Washington's death in 1799 there were 317 enslaved people at Mount Vernon. 124 were owned outright by Washington, 40 were rented, and...
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    418058; -122.338525 Lincoln Theatre is a multi-purpose theatre in Mount Vernon, Washington, United States. The theatre is located at 712 South First St. It...
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  • The Mount Vernon Seminary and College was a private women's college in Washington, D.C. It was purchased by George Washington University in 1999, and...
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  • George Washington's Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union. Retrieved June 14, 2016. "Lawrence Washington George Washington's Grandfather"...
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    and 1843. The town was named for George Washington's plantation, Mount Vernon, which was named for Edward Vernon, a British naval hero. When the town was...
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    Jim Caviezel (category People from Mount Vernon, Washington)
    Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002). Caviezel was born in Mount Vernon, Washington, the son of Margaret (née Lavery), a homemaker and former stage...
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    community college in Mount Vernon, Washington. It serves students in Skagit, Island, and San Juan counties in northwest Washington state. Established in...
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    City. It was renamed Mount Vernon in 1847, after the estate of George Washington. A post office has been in operation in Mount Vernon since 1849. The Iowa...
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    There were several notable enslaved people of Mount Vernon, established by George Washington in Fairfax County, Virginia prior to the American Revolutionary...
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    90005. At Mount Vernon, the parkway begins at a traffic circle, where it joins and leaves SR 235. Most of this route was taken from the Washington, Alexandria...
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    Ross Mathews (category People from Mount Vernon, Washington)
    correspondent on The Jay Leno Show. Raised in Mount Vernon, Washington, Mathews graduated from Mount Vernon High School and graduated from the University...
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    Fredericksburg. Lawrence Washington inherited the Little Hunting Creek property and renamed it "Mount Vernon" to honor Admiral Edward Vernon, with whom he had...
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