New Mount Vernon Show to Air on C-SPAN 3
Associate curator Laura Simo is shown along with items from Mount Vernon’s collections department.
Last weekend it was Mount Veronon’s conservation lab, this weekend it’s the estate’s collections department: C-SPAN 3′s American History TV program will feature George Washington and his belongings once again. For a preview, click here.
This weekend’s installment will focus on the items that Mount Vernon keeps behind the scenes. In the words of C-SPAN 3, the show will allow viewers to have a glimpse at “Washington’s personal belongings and hear what they reveal about him as a military leader, as a leading Virginia land owner and as a citizen of the new United States of America.”
Tune in on Saturday at 3 p.m. or Sunday at 2 a.m., 8 a.m., 7 p.m. or 10 p.m. EST to catch a glimpse.
