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Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
George Washington's Home on the Potomac River lie just to the North.
Mount Vernon is the former residence and plantation of George Washington, an American Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States, and his wife, Martha. An American landmark, the estate lies on the banks of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, approximately 15 miles (25 km) south of Washington, D.C.
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A former part of Mount Vernon
Formerly George Fairfax's home, and now Fort Belvoir Army Corps of Engineer base
Large, modern museum chronicling the Army's history, from its roots as the Continental Army during the American Revolution through every conflict the nation has fought in. Several exhibits focus on the Army's focus today on combatting global terror and cyberwarfare. Cafe and gift shop on-site.
The Colonial estate of George Mason, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights.