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July 19 concert kicks off series of public events on Ft. Washington mansion's grounds, but home itself years from reopening
The ''Mount Vernon of Maryland," a dilapidated 18th century mansion on weed-choked land with a view of the Potomac River, is slowly coming back to life.
The National Park Service has been working in recent years with community groups and longtime residents of Fort Washington's Silesia neighborhood to rehabilitate Harmony Hall Mansion, a house that historical documents show was once connected with Mount Vernon by a ferry boat and was occasionally visited by George Washington.
'Mount Vernon of Maryland' re-emerging from disrepair
Seeded on Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:02 PM EDT
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