Show BUILT FROM HIS OWN PLANS at the late date of 1827 a wish expressed by george washington in his will was obeyed ile he had called attention to his selection of a spot for a new tomb for himself and family faintly and those of the family already burled in the old vault the old tomb was situated on the side of a hill bill which was subject to landslides for the new vault he specified not only the spot but also dimensions and materials according to these his own plans clans a tomb was b built abid and his bla and mrs bodies were transferred to it along with the remains in the old vault of other members of the family the latter were wera burled within tle the vault out of sight while the bodies of general and mrs washington are in stone coffins above the ground within plain view between a grated iron doorway |