to think if he lived another 16 years we could have had a real photo of George.
@donkey31875 жыл бұрын
16 years? LoL...no, try 40+ years...the first picture of a U.S. president was taken in 1841
@AdventureswithRoger4 жыл бұрын
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce made the first pictures from a camera in 1826. George died in 1799, so missed it by around 27 years.
@laurajuarez62824 жыл бұрын
Cameras wernt around then.
@ghostcityshelton93784 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@richardmckrell48994 жыл бұрын
If he would have lived another 93 years we could have had a motion picture of Washington.
@ednakelley8144 жыл бұрын
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.
@wallacesheckells92807 жыл бұрын
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.
@lylestavast76526 жыл бұрын
ditto. 1st gen american and it really hit me standing there...
@whiplash82776 жыл бұрын
Indeed it's very humbling. I am a trained historian and such things hold me in awe.
@paulmcdonough10935 жыл бұрын
visit England thats history not usa
@julianbrock24495 жыл бұрын
Paul Mcdonough 😡🤬
@thomassilver86265 жыл бұрын
@@paulmcdonough1093 your last name is irish
@flissfloss9157 жыл бұрын
THE PRIDE OF MOUNT VERNON! GEORGE WASHINGTON! SON, WE ARE OUTGUNNED, OUT MANNED, OUT NUMBERED AND OUT PLANNED!
@mountvernon7 жыл бұрын
We gotta make an all out stand. Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man!
@kennadiann6 жыл бұрын
I like ur profile picture 😂
@mariamgbepo524 жыл бұрын
@@mountvernon It must be nice to have Washington on your side
@pasteurizedoil4 жыл бұрын
George Washington's Mount Vernon i’m so surprised you knew that. i’m dying rn.
@kennyflanders83374 жыл бұрын
@@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
@jsmcguireIII5 жыл бұрын
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.
@ChuckMcC6 жыл бұрын
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.
@logik3165 жыл бұрын
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.
@cazeycroland45 жыл бұрын
The fact that he lived to be 67 is still very impressive for the time.
@salrusso12334 жыл бұрын
@@cazeycroland4 would he have still been Alive if they cured him?
@quisutdeus72874 жыл бұрын
@@salrusso1233 seeing as he'd be well over 200 years old thats a big no there genius
@jeremythompson91224 жыл бұрын
@@salrusso1233 Lol what? He died at age 67 in 1799. He would be like 288 years old now
@oscarkorlowsky49384 жыл бұрын
Me learning more on KZfaq than I did in school, periodt
@cayleeschneider25826 жыл бұрын
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👍🏼
@adirty_toilet57865 жыл бұрын
A great man formed our country I'm proud of this man
@GeorgeVreelandHill7 жыл бұрын
I was there with my mother many years ago. Mount Vernon is beautiful in every way. Thank you for the history lesson.
@austin89107 жыл бұрын
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!
@jackdawson78854 жыл бұрын
this is in Mount Vernon Virginia not in Washington.
@lorettaposey33274 жыл бұрын
I love learning about our history
@messianic_scam4 жыл бұрын
Ugly history
@sarahedwards95156 жыл бұрын
First time seeing the tombs & now I wanna go see in person. I’m not getting any younger.
@carollambies42815 жыл бұрын
I was there as a child,then brought my husband and children here. I love Mt.Vernon.
@chrishuxhold52717 жыл бұрын
General George Washington of Virginia the 1st President of the United States of America. God bless and rest his soul in Heaven.
@patreasure49636 жыл бұрын
chris huxhol
@smug85676 жыл бұрын
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.
@utubeismuhkrakaneliterally18076 жыл бұрын
George Washington - well, how do you like what we've done to the place since you departed us?
@bloxycola72065 жыл бұрын
No, George Washington Owned slaves and told them to join the army.
@randycruz77815 жыл бұрын
@@bloxycola7206 I was just thinking my ancestors roamed that land free,free as the wind
@stephenlewis29756 жыл бұрын
If wasn't for Washington there be no United States of America he a fighter
@chrisroland22756 жыл бұрын
It took a lot more than just George Washington to make it happen.
@yonotann4 жыл бұрын
english please
@pumpkinpatch54 жыл бұрын
Chris Roland Yeah, mainly the French. 🤣
@pumpkinpatch54 жыл бұрын
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.’
@blaze-uz6or4 жыл бұрын
What a honor to stand next to him.
@iBleedStarsAndBars4 жыл бұрын
What a great man! We are free men and women because of his intelligence and bravery.
@yourmom20244 жыл бұрын
*Generally comes out of Washington’s tomb* Hi my name is Dr. Esther White.
@johnf.kennedy15514 жыл бұрын
Bruh how George got a KZfaq channel like hasn’t he been dead since 1799?
@thatssofetch34814 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but he set a timer so that’s videos would upload.
@poopitypoop29404 жыл бұрын
John F. Kennedy uh wait
@socom543214 жыл бұрын
Wait ain't you dead too Mr. President?
@Gagaloopony4 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute...
@sum12see4 жыл бұрын
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...
@davidharrison66156 жыл бұрын
I was born across the road from the original Washington family home in Washington old village England.
@studybug20105 жыл бұрын
Are you serious??!!
@darthdmc5 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@saxx0014 жыл бұрын
And I am the keeper of the Washington family archives in the UK.
@dianequelch37714 жыл бұрын
The Washingtons did have a family tree home in England and I've been there still for got the American flag out side
@-low-38034 жыл бұрын
I was too
@MeadeSkeltonMusic6 жыл бұрын
Very nice ! Washington was 6'2- very very tall for that time! He had to duck under some of the doorways.
@rebelpsychotikbsh43295 жыл бұрын
Meade Music just one foot under Lincoln
@nicholausbell27495 жыл бұрын
Even though abraham lincoln was the tallest president
@prodbycams21305 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this awesome video, Dr. White!
@tommysobo1234 жыл бұрын
The crypt keeper coming out of the old tomb was scary AF...
@kabouterwesley834 жыл бұрын
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.
@jrg79516 жыл бұрын
Virginia is an amazing place for any history buff. See Mt Vernon, Yorktown, and the many Civil War battlefields that dot the state.
@jessicheyenne86115 жыл бұрын
I loved my tour there!!!! His house was stunning.
@donkey31875 жыл бұрын
how long did the tour last
@ebchacon6 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. I miss the GW parkway, especially in the fall. Visited Mount Vernon many times.
@charlesrocks4 жыл бұрын
Next time I'm in the area, I fully intend on coming to pay my respects to The Great General.
@LilianK-gk5rt6 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace George Washington and Martha washington
@allisonmiller21114 жыл бұрын
i go here every year its really cool
@hannahwhite78388 жыл бұрын
thank you so much for posting, very enjoyable
@AdvMedic20105 жыл бұрын
My 5th G Aunt Jane Blackburn, was the last to own Mount Vernon, I truly appreciate all the care, and preservation.
@goatdennis5 жыл бұрын
almost the last. her son John Augustine Washington III was the last to own it. he was my 5th cousin 4x removed
@BlueRidgeKat14 жыл бұрын
I want to see more Dr. White!!
@zebdoz3337 жыл бұрын
truly a better man than i am
@donkey31875 жыл бұрын
better than most
@michaelh75274 жыл бұрын
Not a better man, just made better choices.
@Amethyst_Dragon_6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting
@GeorgeVreelandHill4 жыл бұрын
I have been there. Thank you for this rare and very interesting video.
@janogario38174 жыл бұрын
It must be nice to have Washington on your side
@bigboy3jv6 жыл бұрын
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?
@SithSereyPheap110 жыл бұрын
Hail to the Chief !
@spawnoftacobell16445 жыл бұрын
It’s eerily soothing
@ashley-cz1sl3 жыл бұрын
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.
@ArronP4 жыл бұрын
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,
@johnbayer97955 жыл бұрын
During the bicentennial reenactment of Geo. Washington'd funeral we were told that the lead coffin layer was between the mahogany & oak.
@7ajhubbell6 жыл бұрын
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.
@utubeismuhkrakaneliterally18076 жыл бұрын
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.
@lightyagami34925 жыл бұрын
I guessing it was just the language of the time.
@1stminnsharpshooters3417 жыл бұрын
Interesting bit of history. LIKED and SUBSCRIBED
@karinlefevre99887 жыл бұрын
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.
@russbear315 жыл бұрын
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) )
@mountvernon5 жыл бұрын
We have that covered in another video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/htqZh5eEt8idd2g.html
@pwife48 жыл бұрын
I would love to visit there.
@scottfleming61666 жыл бұрын
very interesting, Washington was a very great man
@joespag267 жыл бұрын
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 !!!!
@Grit4896 жыл бұрын
JerseyJoe I agree we have a Columbus day and Martin Luther King day and no Washington day WTF !
@itrthho4 жыл бұрын
President Day is a fake holiday created by lazy retailers in the 1980s. The Day is Washington‘s Birthday and celebrates one man.
@Cryptocracy_Now5 жыл бұрын
The man... The legend.
@timothymollica49699 жыл бұрын
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
@marineone75075 жыл бұрын
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.
@ednakelley8144 жыл бұрын
So disrespectful. But he was a yankee, what do you expect.
@Nescit_Occasum5 жыл бұрын
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.
@KBlade15 жыл бұрын
Was the pinky mummified?
@lorenzo26146 жыл бұрын
Martha Washington is a queen 👑
@nickcosellian61783 жыл бұрын
I’ve been there.
@robertwomack60153 жыл бұрын
So very interesting
@no-ds7sb6 жыл бұрын
* opens door * Hi.
@arturrofi59334 жыл бұрын
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!
@jimjam81665 жыл бұрын
How do you move dust...use a vacuum?
@ednakelley8144 жыл бұрын
Is the old vault the vault that Lafayette visited? or the new one?
@douglasthompson74644 жыл бұрын
you really should say something about the slave cemetery
@PointyTailofSatan4 жыл бұрын
There are 25 other bodies behind that center door. It must be the size of a basketball court inside!
@HotaruZoku7 жыл бұрын
Nice tour guiding.
@ryleeb4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been there
@jenniferscott83266 жыл бұрын
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?
@mountvernon6 жыл бұрын
Hi Jennifer, the Tomb does remain open during the day with the exception of in-climate weather.
@Black_Country_Chad4 жыл бұрын
The tombstone with the locking doors normally keep ashes inside
@MrPhantommystery4 жыл бұрын
#WhatAMan One of my Heroes!
@ZeroBlackfire8 жыл бұрын
Still a better love story than twilight
@nathanwile4996 жыл бұрын
ZeroBlackfire anything is a better love story than twilight
@user-nd2pd4mv3l9 жыл бұрын
Amazing ❤️
@quickscopeoneeighty91584 жыл бұрын
Just another thing to add to the bucket list
@scotteborn4 жыл бұрын
Anyone know what is behind the small door in the tomb?
@benjaminharold51544 жыл бұрын
She explained it. That is where the family is , George and wife were in there before put in Marble sarcophagus.
@BeckVMH4 жыл бұрын
Are there any images or diagrams of the interiors of these vaults? I’m curious how the inner area is organized.
@navidnamini11697 жыл бұрын
Is his body inside the stone coffin, or is he buried under it
@popoman96017 жыл бұрын
Navid Namini of course he is inside the coffin
@aarfeld7 жыл бұрын
A sarcophagus implies that his body is within the marble box.
@Chantity6 жыл бұрын
hes inside the coffin but if u wanna open u gotta put like a bomb on it or something but it would just be a skeleton
@jensmom6046 жыл бұрын
I would guess he is in it. You may be thinking of Lincoln, who -- after a nearly successful attempt to steal his coffin -- was buried underneath the tomb.
@ErnestJay886 жыл бұрын
inside that stone sarcophagus is his coffin.
@joespag267 жыл бұрын
Too bad there is no more federal holiday to honor the father of our country! What a shame!
@kjohnf17 жыл бұрын
There is. It is called President's Day. Honoring Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays. But more importantly the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial honor them every day.
@ember-brandt7 жыл бұрын
And yet, we have Columbus Day. -__-
@mothertree7 жыл бұрын
They used to honor George Washington and Abraham Linoclns birthdays separately,I believe.
@lylestavast76526 жыл бұрын
yup !
@sallyann13636 жыл бұрын
JerseyJoe when I was growing up in California in the sixties, schools were closed in honor of George Washington's Birthday on February 22. That is my birthday as well.
@10Tuxedo7 жыл бұрын
George Washington
@brianmitchell59064 жыл бұрын
I was there this past May.
@reeselynn52624 жыл бұрын
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!
@Ihdc18 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheNightWatcher13857 жыл бұрын
Ihdc1 you heard wrong.
@itrthho4 жыл бұрын
Nope they have access
@typo13454 жыл бұрын
I'd be thrown out if I were asked to lay the wreath on his tomb- I'd have the uncontrollable desire to remove the lid. Although speaking as an American, not only would it be wrong and disrespectful, its selfish and dishonorable.
@marcelmorrissette95244 жыл бұрын
très intéressant merci
@thededrickfamily83575 жыл бұрын
I went there in April
@dancemomz84487 жыл бұрын
I'm going to Washington DC for 3 days in October for a school trip and we're gonna also visit this too
@jibril79406 жыл бұрын
Dance Momz His gravesite is not in Washington DC
@kathykelley166 жыл бұрын
I think she meant that in addition to Washington D. C., they would make the trip not-far-away to Mount Vernon.
@adam_p994 жыл бұрын
The way she popped out of that tomb at the start makes me wonder if she lives in there.
@jerryr76414 жыл бұрын
Cool
@jovanosborne15344 жыл бұрын
Can I ask who built the first and the second Vault ? 😗
@aydenspuppetproductions20026 жыл бұрын
My grandmothers birthday is December 14 the day before mine
@vassa19724 жыл бұрын
Interesting video I'm Peter from Hamilton Ontario Canada I'm interested in the history of George Washington but have a stupid question is there anyone alive now that is still related to George Washington? Thanks again Peter
@cheshiresgaming80064 жыл бұрын
yes. mainly through his brothers and step/adopted son. Tho the descendants no longer bear the Washington name.
@mountvernon3 жыл бұрын
Hi Peter! Thank you for the question and we apologize for the late response. George Washington did not have any direct descendants because he had no biological children, only step-children. It is suspected that he may have been infertile.
@vassa19723 жыл бұрын
@@mountvernon well that sucks for his family. I'm devorced with no kids myself and not because of being able to have kids, my ex wife Angy did loose one baby due to a miscarriage way back in 2001 but luckily my younger brother Chris who's American has 3 little kids who I love to pieces.
@blackspider-man96344 жыл бұрын
What about their feral tomcat Hamilton?
@benkaufman41595 жыл бұрын
“When I’m dead just throw me out in the trash”- Danny Devito
@youthgirl085 жыл бұрын
With no disrespect to anyone, I wonder what was the men's first thought when they had to open Washington's casket to move his body to one place to another.
@tarynpreston11295 жыл бұрын
Who else watching in 2018 and has been the Mt. Vernon?
@jackstraw39345 жыл бұрын
I was there last weekend. Took visiting family members. Never gets old. Wonderful place.
@AKAKDOG5 жыл бұрын
Amen R.I.P. Gen and President Washington
@defendertitan14295 жыл бұрын
Damn I wanna see what he looks like
@paulpittsburgh6 жыл бұрын
Martha is described here as "consort". Was Washington considered Nobility or was this a term used during the period in which Washington lived?
@cobeath16 жыл бұрын
paulpittsburgh term used during the period
@jondoesitmatter14266 жыл бұрын
Do some evp sessions in there see if George or his wife reply's to anything that would be cool nothing disrespectful though
@electroluxlad5 жыл бұрын
Honestly I think if I was George Washington I would be pissed because no one had been moved so much that my body is probably Gone