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| | Interactive Dig Mt. Vernon - Archaeological Survey & Testing of Gristmill Park |
 | | The Commonwealth offered it to Mount Vernon a few times in the past, but each time the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, the private organization that owns and operates Washington's home, declined. |
 | | Soon after agreeing to restore the 1930s reconstruction of George Washington's 1770 gristmill, Mount Vernon began to contemplate changes to the property to accommodate increased visitors a working mill would attract. |
 | | The wood "sill" (1), the trench containing the wood (2), the southeast corner of the distillery foundation (3), the postmold (4), the posthole (5), and subsoil or natural clay (6). |
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