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The Nations Learn War No More

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A loose roof shingle atop the reconstructed Greenhouse Slave Quarters (1951) in the Upper Garden at Mount Vernon
David July

A loose roof shingle atop the reconstructed Greenhouse Slave Quarters (1951) in the Upper Garden at Mount Vernon.

3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount Vernon, Virginia: 04 July 2014

part of the Mount Vernon album

In general, I do not care for April Fools' Day mischievousness and misdirection. However, Mount Vernon's "Klingon Visitation Guide" (webpage and video) is amusing and quite unexpected.

I shared my discovery of this material last Saturday with Erik and Lauren via email. They live in Alexandria, Virginia — about eleven miles north of Mount Vernon — and came along during my visit there in 2014.

Beyond sharing the Klingon links, this seemed like a good opportunity to develop and publish a few photographs from that visit.

Brown leather cord tied to a metal eye loop near the Upper Garden on the grounds of Mount Vernon
David July
Closeup of a disused millstone under a tree outside the reconstructed Gristmill (1932) building at the Mount Vernon Gristmill and Distillery
David July
Wooden chimney and roof shingles atop the reconstructed Distillery (2007) building at the Mount Vernon Gristmill and Distillery
David July
Two metal funnels and a wooden mallet among numerous wooden barrels inside the reconstructed Distillery (2007) building at the Mount Vernon Gristmill and Distillery
David July
"The Nations Learn War No More" https://mtsutro.org?p=1213

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