Arlington Cemetery
Arlington House, or the Robert E. Lee Memorial, is situated in Arlington Cemetery. Originally, it was the Custis-Lee mansion, owned by George Washington's step-grandson, whose daughter married Robert E. Lee. For 30 years it [...]
Mount Vernon, VA
After the Revolutionary War, General George Washington hoped to live as a wealthy gentleman farmer in Virginia. But his sense of duty to his country was so great that instead he went on to serve his [...]
Jefferson’s Monticello in Virginia
Jefferson was not only a politician and writer, he wasan inventor, a scientist, a linguist, a book collector. A self-taught architect, he started building Monticellowhen he was 26, on a 5,000 acre plot his father hadgiven him. He [...]