Independent voices from the TWT Communities
There's no better place across the nation's capital to get in the holiday spirit than the lavishly decorated Mount Vernon, George Washington's expansive estate on the Potomac River.
Abe Lincoln was born in a log cabin, but his son built himself a mansion. Robert Todd Lincoln, the president's only child to survive to adulthood, built the Georgian Revival home, called Hildene, as a seasonal dream home for his wife, Mary Harlan Lincoln, and their children.
