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Only towards the end of the century did the English landscape garden, as developed by Brown, come into fashion there, with both George Washington at Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson at Monticello devising distinctive versions of the genre.
ECONOMIST: The curious history of herbaceous borders
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For those who know where to look, the Washington home at Mount Vernon is full of Masonic symbols, one Masonic researcher has written.
ECONOMIST: Religion in America
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For Virginian George Washington, Christmas at Mount Vernon began at dawn with a fox hunt and ended with a staggering spread of hams, beef, turkey, goose, oysters, mince pies, wine and rum punches.
WSJ: Southern Hospitality, Wrapped Up