the former residence of George Washington; in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river

Yet Mount Vernon would not have had Christmas trees during the late seventeen hundreds, when Washington led the country.

然而，在华盛顿领导国家的时候，也就是18世纪的晚期，芒特·弗农是没有圣诞树的。

The Mount Vernon Ladies「 Association - the nation」s first preservationist organization that once saved Washington「s estate from ruin after the U. S.

弗农山庄妇女协会——国家的第一个保护主义者组织，曾在美国内战后竭尽全力保护过华盛顿的财产免遭破坏。

The river is a community builder; along the Mount Vernon trail that runs for miles along the Potomac in Virginia, we meet more neighbors during the week than we would if we went door-to-door.

这条河是这里社会共同体的建设者；在维吉尼亚州波拖马可河边沿着Mount Vernon绵延几英里的足迹走，一周之内我们遇到很多邻居，比我们在家旁边挨个敲门找到的都多。

Even after her son」s widow remarried, the two children stayed on at Mount Vernon under their care.

即使在她儿子的遗孀再婚后，两个孙子仍留在维尔努由她们夫妇照料。

When Washington inherited Mount Vernon from his brother, the plantation was 2, 000 acres.

—华盛顿继承哥哥的芒特·弗农庄园时，种植面积为2000亩。

In the spring of 1777 she arrived at his headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, but she returned to Mount Vernon for the summer.

1777年春，她来到了新泽西摩里斯镇的司令部，夏季又返回了维尔努。

His Mount Vernon plantation grew to 6,500 acres, and he had other acreage in Virginia and what became West Virginia.

他的弗农山庄种植园面积增加到6500英亩，并且在弗吉尼亚州和西弗吉尼亚州拥有其他庄园。

Even though Martha remained at Mount Vernon when George went to Philadelphia as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, she frequently accompanied him to his headquarters during the war years.

尽管当乔治以代表的身份前往费城参加第二次大陆会议时，玛萨仍然留在了维尔努，但在战争年代，她常常陪伴丈夫前往司令部。

When the nation's first President died in 1799, more than 300 slaves lived on his Mount Vernon estate.

1799年，当这位美国第一任总统去世时，维农山庄园里已有超过300个奴隶在靠这个庄园赖以为生。