AROUND WASHINGTON - AUGUST 1983

FROM WASHINGTON TO NEW YORK, VIA MOUNT VERNON

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MOUNT VERNON

While in D.C., we profited to see some of its surroundings. A traditional tour includes Mount Vernon and return by boat to see the Potomac River.


"FRONT DOOR - Mount Vernon was the plantation home of George and Martha Washington from the time of their marriage in 1759 until George's death in 1799. During that period the house was extended from six to twenty-one rooms..."


"VERANDA - The back of the Mansion, on the Potomac side, has a lawn that goes down to the river"



"THE LAWN is a nice place to make movies..."


"THE ARCADE connects buildings. There are some trees that are the only living witnesses of the time when Martha and George lived there"


WASHINGTON'S TOMB - George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 (275 years ago this February month of 2007) and died on December 14, 1799, and rests at the estate..."


"SHIP - Preparing to board"


"POTOMAC RIVER CRUISE"


"DISEMBARKING in Washington"

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PHILADELPHIA


"THE LIBERTY BELL is one of the most familiar symbols of the American Independence, and is also linked to the abolition of slavery. Its most famous ringing occurred on July 8, 1776, to summon citizens of Philadelphia for the reading of the Declaration of Independence. The Liberty Bell was originally known as the "Old State House Bell", but changed its name when, in 1837, it was adopted by the American Anti-Slavery Society as a symbol of the abolitionist movement"



"INDEPENDENCE HALL - The red brick building, built between 1732 and 1753, was the place where the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution were all signed"


"DOWNTOWN"

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NEW YORK


"VERRAZANO BRIDGE connects the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn at the Narrows. The bridge is named after the first known European navigator to enter New York Harbour and the Hudson River, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano"


"DOWNTOWN with the WTC"


"BROOKLYN BRIDGE"


"WEIRD"