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The Mount Vernon Mansion can be seen on the great lawn during Christmas at George Washington's Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Va., Monday, December 16, 2013. Mount Vernon celebrates Christmas with Christmas trees, 18th-century chocolate making, Christmas dancing and story telling, as well as Aladin the Camel. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Children call out to Aladin the Camel during Christmas celebrations at George Washington's Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Va., Monday, December 16, 2013. Mount Vernon celebrates Christmas with Christmas trees, 18th-century chocolate making, Christmas dancing and story telling, as well as Aladin the Camel. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sounds and images from Mount Vernon, the first president's estate, have been incorporated into the production of "george WASHINGTON." (DEAN NORTON)

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In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, rescue workers form a human chain as they begin to remove a woman who reaches out from a smashed pickup truck that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge on Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Francisco Rodriguez)

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After 75 years, Scotland will return to Mount Vernon letters written by "His Excellency, George Washington."

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Curt Viebranz, the president of George Washington’s historic Mount Vernon estate, stands outside what will be a climate-controlled book vault inside the under-construction George Washington Library at Mount Vernon, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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** FILE ** The town crier, played by volunteer Stephen Fahy, prepares to shout out to announce a group of visitors during "Christmas at Mount Vernon" at Mount Vernon in Alexandria, Va, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)