Who was “Vernon,” anyway?
By Gillian Brockell Gillian Brockell Staff writer for Retropolis Email Bio Follow April 10 at 9:37 AM President Trump was not impressed with a tour of the first commander in chief’s home last year, Politico reported Wednesday, describing his visit to Mount Vernon with French President Emmanuel Macron and their wives as “truly bizarre."
On the subject of whether anyone remembers George Washington, The Washington Post, which is based in the capital city of Washington near George Washington University, would refer readers to the fact that Washington has come in first or second in nearly every “best presidents” poll conducted, including the most recent one, in 2018, by Siena College Research Institute. Trump, in case you’re wondering, came in 42nd out of 45 commander in chiefs.
Doug Bradburn, CEO and president of Mount Vernon, may have said this on the guided tour, but the “Vernon” of Mount Vernon is British Admiral Edward Vernon. He was the commanding officer of George’s older half brother Lawrence Washington, who fought in a conflict between England and Spain in the West Indies called the War of Jenkins’ Ear.
Lawrence became something of a surrogate father to young George, and some of the future president’s happiest childhood memories occurred during his frequent trips to Mount Vernon.A 1772 portrait of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale is on display at Mount Vernon. Tragically, Lawrence had contracted tuberculosis while in the West Indies, which killed him 10 years later, just as George was leaving his teens. Lawrence bequeathed Mount Vernon to his daughter upon his death.
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