Mount Vernon (disambiguation)
The name Mount Vernon is a dedication to the English Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon. It was first applied to Mount Vernon, the Virginia estate of George Washington, the first President of the United States. It refers also to several other places around the world, which either derive from Vernon himself or from the Washington estate, the exception being the Anglicisation of the Greek mountain range Verno:
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Famous quotes containing the word mount:
“If you would feel the full force of a tempest, take up your residence on the top of Mount Washington, or at the Highland Light, in Truro.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)