George Washington Birthplace National Monument

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George Washington Birthplace National Monument

Virginia · Colonial Beach, VA

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Address:1732 Popes Creek Road · Colonial Beach, VA · 22443

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George Washington Birthplace National Monument is located in the Northern Neck of Virginia. It encompasses 550 acres of the former Popes Creek Plantation, the American ancestral home of the Washington Family where George Washington was born. In addition to a Colonial Revival farm, burial ground, visitor center, and historic structures, the park also has picnic grounds and a public beach.

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The George Washington Birthplace National Monument is a national monument in Westmoreland County, Virginia, at the confluence of Popes Creek and the Potomac River. It commemorates the birthplace location of George Washington, a Founding Father and the first President of the United States, who was born there on February 22, 1732. Washington lived at the residence until age three and later returned to live there as a teenager.

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