Washington Family Mausoleum

George Washington, the first president of the United States, requested burial in his old family mausoleum at his Mount Vernon estate in Virginia before his death in 1799.

He also planned the building of a new mausoleum to replace it. Congress had hoped to bury him beneath the Washington Monument in the capital but agreed with his heirs that the president's wishes should be honored. The couple's remains were eventually moved from the 'Old Tomb' to marble sarcophagi in the 'New Tomb' in 1837.

Mount Vernon has a daily wreath-laying cemetery in honor of the "Father of the Nation."

Location: Virginia, US