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Show Side Lights on History. The Washington estate had just been named Mount Vernon in honor of Admiral Vernon of the British navy. "You'll have to ptand for it, George," said MaJ Lawrence Washington to his younger brother. "The patriotic American Ameri-can of the future, when ho comes here to do honor to this Bpot as the sacred shrine of his country's liberty, will think It was named 'Vernon' on account ac-count of Its abundant greenery." George said nothing, but his face instantly assumed that stern, com mandlng expression so familiar to all I of us In the patriot on the two cent postage stAtnp. |