(AP) - Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly ... Still, he said, a market for Washington memorabilia sprang up almost immediately after his death in ...

He died later that day, his death likely caused by the shock of blood loss. 7. George Washington’s Mount Vernon home was saved from disrepair. Today, George Washington's former home of Mount ...

Located on the Rappahanock River, Washington would spend most of his childhood there. George was only 11 years old when his father died. Upon his father’s death, the plantation and all its holdings ...

A statue of President George Washington is on display on the fourth floor of the Boston Athenaeum. Washington owned the sprawling Mount Vernon plantation, and at the time of his death, 317 enslaved ...