Our next event be a unique opportunity to see our founding president’s historic home, Mount Vernon, during a major historic preservation project. While some areas of the home will not be accessible, the areas that are will have original structural components visible that haven’t been seen in close to 300 years. A virtual tour will cover the areas not accessible to visitors.
Plan for the day:
11:00 am – Arrive and meet at the large white arch (“Texas Gate”) before going through security inspection
11:20 am – Virtual tour in theater of Orientation Center
12:00 pm – Begin Mansion House Tour and explore grounds
1:00 pm – Meet at Mt Vernon Restaurant for lunch
For this tour I will need your reply for both the tour and no-host lunch on-site afterward by August 30. Admission tickets to the grounds are $20.00 per person and an additional $2.00 gets us the Mansion Tour. Following the approximately half-hour tour, we will convene for lunch at the Mount Vernon Inn Restaurant, adjacent to the historic home. We will be seated together and have the mid-range priced “Gristmill Buffet” for $26.00 per person. Please look at the attached menu of lunch entrées for the Gristmill Buffet and let me know your lunch choices. I will need a check for
$48.00 made payable to me by August 30 since I’ll have to front the money to Mount Vernon two weeks in advance. Please mail to my home address: 8110 Buttercup Lane West, Pasadena, MD 21122. If you only want to come for the tour and not the lunch, send me a check for $22.00. More details can be found at https://www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-visit/tips-for-your-visit.
There is ample parking on both sides of the road loop that approaches the Mt. Vernon home but for those with mobility concerns it’s about a 5-minute walk from either parking lot to the Mt. Vernon home. There will be a colonial market and fair on the grounds that day featuring colonial-era food and wares.
Please reply to Tony Wilner at twilner@verizon.net or 443-514-6695 (cell/text) by August 30 if you will attend. I look forward to seeing you there!