Wikichem:Demonstration/George Washington
Washington's career as a military officer and president kept him continually on the move. His travels took him to nearly every city and town in the nascent United States. Wherever he would stay the night, townfolk would place markers declaring "George Washington Slept Here" as a warning to help others to from contracting disease.[1] Other than the two years he spent in a privvy he referred to as Fort Necessity, Washington never established a home of his own.
In 1860, as part of a failed attempt to attract federal funds for a presidental library, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union built a theme park and plantation called George Washington's Mount Vernon. (Why he'd want to mount Vernon, no one knows). Despite popular belief, George Washington never lived there. However, the park remains a popular tourist attraction. Admission is one US Dollar, deposited into a tomb engraved with his name, upon entry to the estate.
