Scouting Days are Coming!

Mount Vernon is proud to welcome Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to participate in the 18th annual Scouting Days at Mount Vernon program, which will be held November 1, 2008 through Presidents’ Day. During that time, scouts in uniform or with official identification will receive free admission to Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon will kick off the program on Saturday, November 1, 2008 with a special Scouting Day at Mount Vernon. Activities are planned around the estate to help scouts earn merit badges.

Surveying: Scouts are invited to join professional surveyors and civil engineers from around the D.C. area who will demonstrate and teach basic skills in the science of land surveying, compass surveying, distance measurement with a chain, distance measurement with steel tape and plumb bob, electronic measurements, topographic surveying, GPS and robotic instrument demonstrations, and a discussion on the role of a modern land surveyor.

Archaeology: Visit our Archaeology and Restoration Museum to participate in hands-on activities exploring the role of archaeology at Mount Vernon. Search the estate using the 1787 Vaughan Plan to determine which structures are original and what areas might contain archaeological remains.

Woodworking: Mount Vernon carpenters will demonstrate techniques used in the preservation and restoration of historic homes.

Cooking: Mount Vernon’s Foodways interpreters will demonstrate 18th-century cooking over an open fire at the George Washington Pioneer Farm site slave cabin.

Animal husbandry and agriculture: Mount Vernon’s livestock and trades staff will offer demonstrations with our rare breed animals at George Washington’s Pioneer Farm Site.

First Person Interpretation: Scouts are invited to visit the Greenhouse Theater to watch dramatic first person programs that reveal Washington through the eyes of his contemporaries.

In the Mansion, our interpretation will focus on Washington’s fundamental role in the founding of our nation and on the concepts of civic responsibility.

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