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Phylicia Rashad's house
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The Actress best known for her role as Clair Huxtable in the 1980s television series "The Cosby Show" lives here.

George Washington's Mount Vernon Plantation
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By: TexasAndroid.
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Mount Vernon Raceway
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By: milwhcky.
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Stock cars raced on this banked 1/4 mile dirt oval track, which has been inactive since 2010. The track opened in the late 1980's. It is located alongside interstate highway 57/64.
Over the years, the facility has gone by several names, including I-57/1-64 Raceway, Jefferson County Raceway, K&L Raceway, I-57 Raceway, and Mount Vernon I-57 Speedway.
In August 2005, the track made news headlines when two people died and six were injured when a race car crashed through the fence and into the grandstands.

Truck Testing Track
jbottero (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jbottero.
PACCAR manufactures heavy-duty, on- and off-road Class 8 trucks sold around the world under the Kenworth, Peterbilt, DAF and Foden nameplates. PACCAR's Technical Center opened in July of 1982. Located approximately 65 miles north of Seattle.

Mary Quass' house
Champion3 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Champion3.
Mary is President and CEO of NRG Media, a company that owns 45 radio stations in four Midwestern states.

Former site of Fort Stoddert
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By: kjfitz.
Fort Stoddert was a stockade fort in the Mississippi Territory, in what is today Alabama. It was located on a bluff of the Mobile River, near modern Mount Vernon, close to the confluence of the Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers.

Jay Johnson's house
Champion3 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Champion3.
Jay A. Johnson is the CEO of Vantage Visual Solutions and the former President and CEO of Crest Information Technologies.

Key to the Bastille
tallturtle82 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: tallturtle82.
The key to the famous French prison was given to George Washington in 1790 by the Marquis de Lafayette who was appointed commander-in-chief of the French National Guard during the French Revolution.
The key is now located in the Central Passage of Mount Vernon.
Direct link below.

Gravesite of President George Washington
Dania (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Dania.

George Washington's Mount Vernon Plantation
jdubble07 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jdubble07.
Mount Vernon, located near Alexandria, Virginia, was the plantation home of the first President of the United States, George Washington; it's also his burial place.

'Binary Garden' by Laura Sindell
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
on the Skagit Valley College campus

Mount Vernon City Hall
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By: kkeps.

PBY5A Catalina
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By: mlc1us.
In World War II, PBYs were used as anti-submarine warfare aircraft, patrol bombers, convoy escorts, search and rescue aircraft, and transports. The Catalina can be considered the most successful aircraft of its kind, as no other flying boat was produced in greater numbers. The last active military Catalinas were not retired from service until the 1980s. Even today, over seventy years after its first flight, the aircraft continues to fly as an airtanker in aerial firefighting operations all over the world.
The Catalina was originally designed to be a patrol bomber, an aircraft with a long operational range intended to locate and attack enemy transport ships at sea in order to compromise enemy supply lines. With a mind to a potential conflict in the Pacific Ocean, where troops would require resupply over great distances, the US Navy in the 1930s invested millions of dollars in developing long-range flying boats for this purpose. Flying boats had the advantage of not requiring runways to take off and land, in effect having the entire ocean available as its runway. Several different flying boats were adopted by the Navy, but the PBY Catalina was the most widely used and produced.
Although slow and ungainly, Catalinas distinguished themselves in World War II as exceptionally reliable aircraft. Allied armed forces used them successfully in a wide variety of roles that the aircraft was never intended for. They are remembered by many veterans of the war for their role as rescuing aircraft, in which they saved the lives of thousands of aircrew shot down over the Pacific Ocean.

Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge Collapse - May 23, 2013
jbottero (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jbottero.
An Interstate 5 bridge collapsed into the Skagit River on Thursday evening, according to the Washington State Patrol. Trooper Mark Francis wrote on Twitter that people and cars are in the water. Both the north bound and south bound lanes were in the water, Francis wrote.

Burial ground of George Washington's slaves at Mount Vernon
Dania (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Dania.
Of all of first US President George Washington's slaves he had is also his valet (male sevant) William Lee (1750-1828) buried here.

Wabash Memorial Toll Bridge
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

'L.L. Brotherton House' by Tony Smith
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
1944
also home of Ian and Kathlyn "Betty" Black from 1977-2018, influential art collectors.

Pacemakers Dragway Park
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By: Matheus_.

President George Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon
Dania (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Dania.
Behind the gate you see his stone coffin.

George Washington by Charles Willson Peale
tallturtle82 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: tallturtle82.
Peale painted several portaits of George Washington over his life. This portrait was done in 1772 and portrays Washington as a colonel in the First Virginia Regiment. This portrait is a copy of the original and is currently at Mount Vernon. The original is at Washington and Lee University.

Stan the Tire Man's Uniroyal Gal
milwhcky (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: milwhcky.
This iconic fiberglass statue draws attention to Stan's tire business.

Casey Pedestrian Overpass
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

'Dancers' by Martha Enzmann Todd
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
1993-94

'Lightspill' by Jerry Monteith
2003-06

Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.

Skagit River Brewing Company
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BMX track
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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The Paintball Station
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By: jbottero.

UP - Bridge #61.97
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Alex Briley's Houses
jdubble07 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jdubble07.
Alex Briley is an American singer who was the original "G.I." in the disco recording act Village People.

Canal Island
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Deadlake Island
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