Show F WONDERS W S O 0 OF or F AMERICA D y T T MAXEY 0 western newspaper union HOME OF washington 0 N THE peaceful aud and picturesque i shore of the iller ter potomac som somo sixteen miles south of our natlija nat natio loJa lwi capital stands mount vernon vernou ahe abel hano of 1 the lie father of ilia his country it MOS as DO so named in honor bonor of ad miral vernon of the british navy and it Is to the efforts ol 02 file he mount verdon La ladles illes us association of the tile union that the citizens of america uru ure indebted for the preservation of this 1 national shrine occupying a site of great charm ao mm anding a NAN eel 1119 N lew of broad hiir tind ul cusin landscape Is 1 this grand old mansion sion i a i u aich the young bame bof truc shortly after bla his Garri barriage age ind to hach he retired from the presidency cyr to spend hie his days JQ a EL manner britting one of his rank maahs ind d time and where he died in 1709 the structure structure was aas bu built allt in 1743 an and d many of the original and relies of the family clustered about it are the barn coach house ouse spinning houge houpe meat house douse ice too aliouse house vash house kitchen and other Is to a remarkable old fashioned ed with quaint oddly braie spaces i s set 0 fr by box said to le fie 1130 yet years ars old in anis tran Is 0 tourte tree fauld eald to jine jin e bt uen eti planted in 1824 2824 by general and cuttings from a willow tree which whir bIlt it la claimed were brought from the krukof krue 0 Of f the tile great napoleon Nn at be ni in tk sarcophagi 4 i I 1 la 14 dinall ond and simple 11 structure within abe h of aei cral eril george W ajon qed qbd albl M k cow sort oa martha alha |