# @vadogwoodnews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C0108vGMTsG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10339770-vadogwoodnews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-12-14T17:00:26.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dogwood (@vadogwoodnews) — https://gondola.cc/vadogwoodnews

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224 years ago today, George Washington took his final breath, following an illness he contracted after being outdoors in the rain. The nation’s first president, a Virginian, died at his Mount Vernon estate on Dec. 14 around 10 p.m.

According to the Library of Congress, the leader’s last words reportedly were: “I feel myself going. I thank you for your attentions; but I pray you to take no more trouble about me. Let me go off quietly. I cannot last long.”

Washington was originally buried in the tomb pictured, and reinterred in 1831 to his final resting place. Both locations were on is property at Mount Vernon.

📸: Johnson, N. G, photographer/Library of Congress

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