Just across the Potomac River from Washington, DC, Mount Vernon stands as one of the nation’s archetypical Presidendial sites — the home of George Washington, our exceptional first President and Commander-in-Chief. The plantation has created a special series of programs to celebrate Inauguration Day 2009.
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Nicolas Cage kidnaps the president and drags him into a secret basement beneath Mount Vernon in “National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets.” I rolled my eyes and suspended belief — surely this is made-for-movies fantasy, just like the buried treasure under Manhattan. Not so fast! There really is a secret basement under Mount Vernon!
