The Friends of Alexandria Archaeology will sponsor a Java Jolt presentation
by Patrick O’Neill on Images of America: Mount Vernon, on Saturday,
February 21 from 10:00 a.m. to noon. The presentation will take place at
the Alexandria Archaeology Museum, located in the Torpedo Factory Art
Center, 105 N. Union Street.  The event is free and open to the public, but
reservations are required.

Images of America: Mount Vernon is a visual trip through the history of the
home and neighborhood of the first President of the United States, George
Washington.  His ancestors came to Northern Virginia over 320 years ago,
and by 1786, he had acquired an 8,000+ acre tract of land surrounding Mount
Vernon composed of five farms, which were his pride and joy.  Washington’s
detailed management of his agricultural affairs, as well as his flair for
entertaining, left a visual impression on all that visited the place.

Follow the development of the region from the late 17th century to
Washington’s death in 1799, the selling of his Five Farms, the
establishment of the Quaker community in the 1840s, the Civil War, the
arrival of the Army Corps of Engineers in 1915, and more than 200 years of
tourism to pay homage to one of the Nation’s most honored leaders.  This
Java Jolt presentation will show dozens of  images of Mount Vernon and the
close neighborhood, with the majority of them previously unpublished.
Experience the rich history of Union Farm, White House Landing, Gunston
Hall, Fort Washington, Woodlawn, Gum Springs, Pohick Church, Sherwood Farm,
and many more close-up perspectives of the usually overlooked places in
George Washington’s backyard.

Author Patrick L. O’Neill is a professional historian and archaeologist,
and has conducted research in the Mount Vernon and Washington, D.C. region
for several years.  He has a B.S. in Anthropology and an M.A. in History.
O’Neill has compiled historical reports on a wide variety of topics from an
army hospital latrine at Fort Riley, Kansas, and a fur trading post at Fort
Union, North Dakota, to brick clamps in Smyrna, Delaware, and George
Washington’s Union Farm near Mount Vernon.

Alexandria Archaeology is owned and operated by the City of Alexandria and
complies with the terms of the ADA. An individual with a disability who
wishes accommodations should call the museum at 703.838.4399 by February
11.  Alexandria Archaeology is located at 105 N. Union Street, #327,
Alexandria, Va.

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