The Tombs of Mount Vernon
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- Learn more about the history of the Old and New Tombs at Mount Vernon. Dr. Esther White will take you on a tour of both of this historic sites where George Washington was laid to rest.
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to think if he lived another 16 years we could have had a real photo of George.
16 years? LoL...no, try 40+ years...the first picture of a U.S. president was taken in 1841
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce made the first pictures from a camera in 1826. George died in 1799, so missed it by around 27 years.
Cameras wernt around then.
@@donkey3187 I really believe that Edison eighter killed or had the guy killed who actually invented the 1st camera.
The guy's personal belongings were found on the train, Joseph Nicephore Niepce inventor of the 1st camera was to meet with someone to get his camera idea off the ground but he never made the meeting and his personal papers/& camera was missing.
His body had been found not far from the train tracks, not far from the train station.
Not long after we know the rest and who got the credit for the 1st camera. Edison missed by a few hrs to make good his claim on inventing the 1st phone.
If he would have lived another 93 years we could have had a motion picture of Washington.
Me learning more on CZcams than I did in school, periodt
As a historian, when you said the name William Strickland, by ears perked up. I actually went back to make sure I heard it correct. He also designed President James K. Polk's tomb as well. He built our state capital in Nashville. He said it was his crowing achievement and his entombed within the walls.
As a boy in the 1960's I stood a few feet away from the two sarcophagi at Mt. Vernon. A few days later I stood a few feet away from the flame and grave of JFK at Arlington. These two memories seem to be joined forever in my mind.
THE PRIDE OF MOUNT VERNON! GEORGE WASHINGTON! SON, WE ARE OUTGUNNED, OUT MANNED, OUT NUMBERED AND OUT PLANNED!
We gotta make an all out stand. Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man!
I like ur profile picture 😂
@@mountvernon It must be nice to have Washington on your side
George Washington's Mount Vernon i’m so surprised you knew that. i’m dying rn.
@@mountvernon , can I be real a second? For just a millisecond, let down guard down tell the people how I feel a second
Now I'm the model of a modern major general, the venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all lining up to put upon a pedestal
His death was so avoidable but doctors of that age still believed in blood letting. He was so dehydrated from not being able to swollow that the last blood letting came out thick.
Son's of Liberty The bloodletting didn’t exactly help him any. But Washington himself believed in it and ordered it to be performed, and it’s unlikely he would have survived anyway without modern antibiotics to stop his throat infection.
The fact that he lived to be 67 is still very impressive for the time.
@@cazeycroland4 would he have still been Alive if they cured him?
@@salrusso1233 seeing as he'd be well over 200 years old thats a big no there genius
@@salrusso1233 Lol what? He died at age 67 in 1799. He would be like 288 years old now
I have been here a few times, and this sight is just humbling. To think our first President is laying only feet from the gates is awsome.
ditto. 1st gen american and it really hit me standing there...
Indeed it's very humbling. I am a trained historian and such things hold me in awe.
visit England thats history not usa
Paul Mcdonough 😡🤬
@@paulmcdonough1093 your last name is irish
I can’t wait to go to Washington D.C this year! Washington was such a great man and he accomplished so much throughout his life! I love him in history books and in Hamilton👍🏼
I love learning about our history
Ugly history
Been there done that, probably the funnest trip ever, if anyone has time and can afford to go to Washington DC do it, it is the best place on earth, so much to do and so much history!
this is in Mount Vernon Virginia not in Washington.
A great man formed our country I'm proud of this man
I was there with my mother many years ago.
Mount Vernon is beautiful in every way.
Thank you for the history lesson.
First time seeing the tombs & now I wanna go see in person.
I’m not getting any younger.
I was there as a child,then brought my husband and children here. I love Mt.Vernon.
*Generally comes out of Washington’s tomb*
Hi my name is Dr. Esther White.
What a honor to stand next to him.
George Washington is a fascinating guy and I can never get over the fact that he came from an English family. I now view Americans as ‘the same but different’ but really, in Washington’s time it was a rapid change from the ‘British colonists’ to ‘Americans’. A change in mentality. So curious.
Also, it’s strange when you see someone’s tomb. Then it’s like ‘oh, there you are. I’ll never truly know you but I’m standing only a few paces away.’
My favorite American of all time...I must come pay my respects to not only our first President, but also a great tenacious fighter for liberty and great Republic...
Thank you for this awesome video, Dr. White!
thank you so much for posting, very enjoyable
What a great man! We are free men and women because of his intelligence and bravery.
Very nice ! Washington was 6'2- very very tall for that time! He had to duck under some of the doorways.
Meade Music just one foot under Lincoln
Even though abraham lincoln was the tallest president
Thank you for posting
The crypt keeper coming out of the old tomb was scary AF...
If wasn't for Washington there be no United States of America he a fighter
It took a lot more than just George Washington to make it happen.
english please
Chris Roland Yeah, mainly the French. 🤣
Interesting bit of history. LIKED and SUBSCRIBED
I was born across the road from the original Washington family home in Washington old village England.
Are you serious??!!
@@studybug2010 There is a town in the NE of England called Washington, and the first president of the US was descended from a family who lived there.
And I am the keeper of the Washington family archives in the UK.
The Washingtons did have a family tree home in England and I've been there still for got the American flag out side
I was too
I loved my tour there!!!! His house was stunning.
how long did the tour last
General George Washington of Virginia the 1st President of the United States of America. God bless and rest his soul in Heaven.
chris huxhol
My god how sick it is to listen to this boring chatter. I thought I was gonna go out of mind with endless Minutiae! On and on and on I was pulling my hair out with one hand, as I only have the one.
George Washington - well, how do you like what we've done to the place since you departed us?
No, George Washington Owned slaves and told them to join the army.
@@bloxycola7206 I was just thinking my ancestors roamed that land free,free as the wind
I grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. I miss the GW parkway, especially in the fall. Visited Mount Vernon many times.
i go here every year its really cool
It’s eerily soothing
I have been there. Thank you for this rare and very interesting video.
I want to see more Dr. White!!
Amazing ❤️
Bruh how George got a CZcams channel like hasn’t he been dead since 1799?
Yeah, but he set a timer so that’s videos would upload.
John F. Kennedy uh wait
Wait ain't you dead too Mr. President?
Wait a minute...
Virginia is an amazing place for any history buff. See Mt Vernon, Yorktown, and the many Civil War battlefields that dot the state.
I would love to visit there.
Fun fact. Several people wanted GW to have his final rest place to be in the US capitol building. The building actually has a room in the basement built for that intention.
Next time I'm in the area, I fully intend on coming to pay my respects to The Great General.
So very interesting
It must be nice to have Washington on your side
Nice tour guiding.
I've been there the gate was closed but you could see in pretty well but the light was ambient and not the best.They should have had some descreat lighting on the inside. For some people as myself I was across the country and couldn't make it back at a whim.
You're a nice lady, thank you.
Wish it was not so expensive to visit Mount Vernon. I wanted to take my kids my 4 kids this year with my husband until I looked at the price of admission.
truly a better man than i am
better than most
Not a better man, just made better choices.
Rest in peace George Washington and Martha washington
très intéressant merci
Hail to the Chief !
During the bicentennial reenactment of Geo. Washington'd funeral we were told that the lead coffin layer was between the mahogany & oak.
Damn he died on Dec 14 my birthday....it's strange all the stuff that's happened on my bday
John lennons 10 min of silence on Dec 14 1980
I was born almost 9 months to the day after William Randy Rhoads was killed in a plane crash
Dimebag Darrell was buried on Dec 14 2004...his death was the John Lennon of my generation John and dime were both killed on dec 8th 24 yrs apart
2012 school shooting in Newtown CT gunman opened fire at an elementary school killing many children and teachers. So sad
the saddest thing about the shooting in Newtown was that was my 30th birthday and my wife and I went out to eat and when we are at the restaurant I was talking to her about Columbine and Virginia Tech and how high school shootings happen all the time and we don't know when the next one's going to happen.. we finished our lunch went to shop came home turned on the TV and seen what happened in Connecticut and where completely thrown off because it was something that we were talking about that afternoon. What are the chances?? very sad all those innocent kids that were killed doesn't make any sense
Anyhow it always seems ur own date has had misfortune more than happy times,
I’ve been there.
The man... The legend.
My 5th G Aunt Jane Blackburn, was the last to own Mount Vernon, I truly appreciate all the care, and preservation.
almost the last. her son John Augustine Washington III was the last to own it. he was my 5th cousin 4x removed
very interesting, Washington was a very great man
I was there this past May.
I'm confused. So, was Washington removed out of his old coffin and his body put in this one, or was he laid in this one as he was in his original coffin?
Just another thing to add to the bucket list
Are there any images or diagrams of the interiors of these vaults? I’m curious how the inner area is organized.
Pretty cool
#WhatAMan One of my Heroes!
Another interesting note is Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of Gettysburg, Little Round Top fame etched his name in the brick wall on the front of Washington's tomb.
So disrespectful. But he was a yankee, what do you expect.
* opens door *
Hi.
Cool
Martha Washington is a queen 👑
Good Old Washington, a true O.G. and no matter what box they put him in, he could just never fit in.
OOOHHHH, do I understand that feeling & I am going to Mount Vernon to check it out and see for myself!
I'm surprised that they did not mention this factoid: There is also a tomb for Washington beneath the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC. Congress wanted to rebury George and Martha there, and they wanted to turn the Rotunda into a mausoleum dedicated to Washington. After it was completed, the Washington family refused to let the government move George and Martha's remains from Mount Vernon. The tomb on Capitol Hill is empty. (See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%27s_Tomb_(United_States_Capitol) )
We have that covered in another video here: czcams.com/video/PtiT4SRb9G4/video.html
I went there in April
I’ve been there
Why is Martha Washington's moniker engraved as "consort?" She was married to a great man, a farmer, a warrior, a gentleman, a liberator of slaves, a president; he was not a monarch, as the definition explains.
Thank you.
i wondered the same when i saw that, so i looked it up. notice it says "especially" not "exclusively" _of a monarch_ .
consort
n. A husband or wife, especially the spouse of a monarch.
n. A companion or partner.
I guessing it was just the language of the time.
Is the old vault the vault that Lafayette visited? or the new one?
How do you move dust...use a vacuum?
An old friend, and a noted collector of presidential memorabilia, showed me a very ornate presentation case (bedecked in red velvet and gold) that contained a regal crown and a lock of hair and the pinkie finger of Washington. The provenance reveals that Washington’s Physican was granted permission to acquire these parts as was apparently custom. When the remains were moved to higher ground, the corpse was examed and the pinkie was noted missing.
Was the pinky mummified?
I was there in the 80's it's as a young child. I remember that George and Martha Washington's gate to there tomb was closed. As watching the video the gate is open, is it now open during the day or it it closed?
Hi Jennifer, the Tomb does remain open during the day with the exception of in-climate weather.
There are 25 other bodies behind that center door. It must be the size of a basketball court inside!
The tombstone with the locking doors normally keep ashes inside
Washington doesn't need a grand tomb. I think this fits him well and he was the 1st president of the US. Those before him presided over congress which has no bearing on the office of the president of the United States
Anyone know what is behind the small door in the tomb?
She explained it. That is where the family is , George and wife were in there before put in Marble sarcophagus.
Can I ask who built the first and the second Vault ? 😗
Good 😁😁😁
Still a better love story than twilight
ZeroBlackfire anything is a better love story than twilight
What is beyond the opening right behind the tombs? Are other caskets in a back room of this structure?
Yes, the rest of the family. She explains it.
Correct Benjamin! Brenda, the other caskets are in the room behind this door. Washington's relatives were moved from the deteriorating old tomb into this new tomb.
you really should say something about the slave cemetery
My grandmothers birthday is December 14 the day before mine
“When I’m dead just throw me out in the trash”- Danny Devito
Amen R.I.P. Gen and President Washington
Who else watching in 2018 and has been the Mt. Vernon?
I was there last weekend. Took visiting family members. Never gets old. Wonderful place.
wow
HELLO WASHINGTON
The way she popped out of that tomb at the start makes me wonder if she lives in there.
my gym is around this place
well, hello Esther!
I thought Washington's remains were sealed away and the key thrown into the river yet the lady is standing right next to his coffin.
Ihdc1 you heard wrong.
Nope they have access
I'm going to Washington DC for 3 days in October for a school trip and we're gonna also visit this too
Dance Momz His gravesite is not in Washington DC
I think she meant that in addition to Washington D. C., they would make the trip not-far-away to Mount Vernon.
HERE COMES THE GENERAL..LADIES AMD GENTLEMEN...HERE COMES THE GENERAL THE MOMENT YOUVE BEEN WAITING FOR...HERE COMES TTHE GENERAL...THE PRIDE OF THE MOUNT VERNON...HERE COMES THE GENERAL...GEORGE WASHINGTON!
John Frey , give me a break !!! Don't forget Presidents' Day honors all past Presidents!! Good ones and bad, mostly bad! George Washington is the father of our great Republic ! Give him back his holiday !!!!
JerseyJoe I agree we have a Columbus day and Martin Luther King day and no Washington day WTF !
President Day is a fake holiday created by lazy retailers in the 1980s. The Day is Washington‘s Birthday and celebrates one man.
George Washington
What about their feral tomcat Hamilton?
Damn I wanna see what he looks like