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A “Key” Celebration of France at Mount Vernon

Marlene Miller September 5, 2022

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Mount Vernon CEO Doug Bradburn (left) and Philippe Etienne, Ambassador of France to the U.S. (right) listen to welcoming remarks from Marquis de Lafayette reenactor Benjamin Goldman at a recent ceremony to unveil the newly restored Lafayette Bedchamber at Mount Vernon.

Alexandria, VA – A “Key” Celebration of France at Mount Vernon

George Washington received the key to France’s Bastille prison from an appreciative Marquis de Lafayette in 1790. It remains at Mount Vernon.

The newly restored Lafayette Room at George Washington’s Mount Vernon is the culmination of a multi-year project to recover the room’s multilayered history and appearance.

Marquis de Lafayette reenactor Benjamin Goldman (center) officially opens the newly restored Lafayette Bedchamber with Mount Vernon CEO Doug Bradburn (left) and Philippe Etienne, Ambassador of France to the U.S. (right).

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Marlene Miller

Marlene Miller has lived in, and written about, Mount Vernon for decades. She raised her family here, her two children graduating from area public schools. After retiring from over 16 years of publishing her own newspaper, The Zebra has tempted her back to community journalism