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George Washington's Mount Vernon

Virtual Voyage

2007 Voyage Main Page

Mount Vernon, Virginia
June 23 & 24, 2007
Hours: 8am - 5pm

The John Smith shallop will visit the waterfront at George Washington's Mount Vernon. Come to the wharf to see the shallop, meet the crew, and tour the interactive exhibit tent.  There is an entry fee to visit the estate.

 

 

Smith would have passed Mount Vernon on his return voyage down the Potomac, having explored up to the Little Falls, laden with a shimmery ore that Smith hoped would prove to be silver (it wasn't). Smith retraced his earlier route, stopping in villages he had previously passed by, but made good time as he was anxious to explore the next tributary of the Chesapeake, the Rappahannock.
 View John Smith's original map