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Mar 15, 1999

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00:00:02 DAYS.
00:00:05 A APPARENTLY, THERE WAS A FEELING IN THE WASHINGTON FAMILY THAT THEY MIGHT BE BURIED ALIVE, WHICH WAS CURIOUS.
00:00:12 >> WHERE WAS HE BURIED?
00:00:15 >> WE STILL HAVE THE OLD TOMB WHERE HIS BODY WAS PLACED.
00:00:18 MARTHA WASHINGTON AGRED TO HAVE HIM BURIED IN THE NEW CAPITOL BUILDING.
00:00:22 AND THERE IS STILL A VAULT THAT HIS BODY WAS SUPPOSED TO GO IN IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
00:00:28 BUT THEN SHE DIED AND THE HEIR DECIDED, NO, WASHINGTON SHOULD BE BURIED AT MOUNT VERNON IN THE SECRETARY LOCATION THAT HE SELECTED AND A TOMB WAS BUILT AROUND 1830.
00:00:40 >> HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BURIED IN AND AROUND THAT TOMB WHERE WE SEE ON OUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW?
00:00:44 >> WE REALLY AREN'T -- WE SHURNT REALLY SURE.
00:00:48 WE KNOW THAT VAULT HOLDS AT LEAST 20 BODIES BEHIND GEORGE
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