difficult audience is 13-year-old boy, it was to get him excited. chris: there are interactive displays on washington s life and what is called an immersion theater. you go to the theater. canons war and you feel like you are right there in the midst of the battle. chris: mount vernon is most popular historic home in the u.s. with over million visitors a year. now there is a new project, to build a presidential library that will re-create the 200 volume collection that washington had here. he wrote over 22,000 letters. it really is very meaningful to read some of those and try to understand what was on his mind at that point. chris: one thing i learned, mount vernon was falling into disrepair in the 18 50s when 27 women ladies association bought it for $200,000.
chris: the start of summer means the beginning have tourist season here in washington as millions of visitors come to the nation s capital. that got us thinking about one of the biggest attractions here. here is our power player of the week. it s not just that elderly or unattractive looking person on the dollar bill. susan mcgill is talking about george washington. as head of fund-raising for washington s home mount vernon, she is working to attract new generations to the father of our country. chris: are you worried that washington has been displaced by some of the other founding fathers in recent years? yes, i do. it s not to take away from them, but when they got their backs up against the walls they always turned to washington. chris: one big edition addition is education center?
difficult audience is 13-year-old boy, it was to get him excited. chris: there are interactive displays on washington s life and what is called an immersion theater. you go to the theater. canons war and you feel like you are right there in the midst of the battle. chris: mount vernon is most popular historic home in the u.s. with over million visitors a year. now there is a new project, to build a presidential library that will re-create the 200 volume collection that washington had here. he wrote over 22,000 letters. it really is very meaningful to read some of those and try to understand what was on his mind at that point. chris: one thing i learned, mount vernon was falling into disrepair in the 18 50s when 27 women ladies association bought it for $200,000.
chris: the start of summer means the beginning have tourist season here in washington as millions of visitors come to the nation s capital. that got us thinking about one of the biggest attractions here. here is our power player of the week. it s not just that elderly or unattractive looking person on the dollar bill. susan mcgill is talking about george washington. as head of fund-raising for washington s home mount vernon, she is working to attract new generations to the father of our country. chris: are you worried that washington has been displaced by some of the other founding fathers in recent years? yes, i do. it s not to take away from them, but when they got their backs up against the walls they always turned to washington. chris: one big edition addition is education center?
difficult audience is 13-year-old boy, it was to get him excited. chris: there are interactive displays on washington s life and what is called an immersion theater. you go to the theater. canons war and you feel like you are right there in the midst of the battle. chris: mount vernon is most popular historic home in the u.s. with over million visitors a year. now there is a new project, to build a presidential library that will re-create the 200 volume collection that washington had here. he wrote over 22,000 letters. it really is very meaningful to read some of those and try to understand what was on his mind at that point. chris: one thing i learned, mount vernon was falling into disrepair in the 18 50s when 27 women ladies association bought it for $200,000.