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Things to Do at Mount Vernon

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On This Day 250 Years Ago

April 15, 1775

Washington departs Mount Vernon early in the morning, riding to Alexandria to attend the muster of the Fairfax Independent Company, a local militia under his command. He returns to Mount Vernon late at night.

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