Washington's Home—Mount Vernon
After serving two terms as President with great success he again retired in 1797 to private life at Mount Vernon. Here he died on December 14, 1799, at the age of sixty-seven, loved and honored by the American peop
Monticello
At twenty-nine years of age he married a beautiful young widow of twenty-three. After the wedding festivities, he and his bride started out in a four-horse carriage to drive to his home, Monticello, more than 100 miles away. It was in the month of January, and a heavy snow-storm overtook them, compelling them to abandon the carriage and continue the journey over the rough mountain roads on horseback.
Lincoln's Birthplace
Lincoln's Birthplace
Marshfield—Home of Daniel Webster
Marshfield—Home of Daniel Webste
Washington's Birthplace
Washington's Birthplace
Penn's Slate-roof House, Philadelphia
Penn's Slate-roof House, Philadelphia