We're out in southeastern Fairfax County today, visiting Gunston Hall, home of American founding father George Mason. According to Julie, George Mason is the "Rodney Dangerfield" of our founding fathers.

We begin at the Museum and Visitor's Center, view a film about the life and influence of George Mason.(4:30)

Alas, Gunston Hall does not allow any recording equipment to be used inside the house - so we were not able to tape during the tour or take photos of the inside of the house. Just after our tour, though, we stop and recall the experience and describe most of the rooms in the house. (5:46)

While we visit George's office, Julie talks about George Mason's place in American history, as drafter of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which was the major source for the U.S. Bill of Rights. (15:38)

We visit the fourth room on the ground floor, the master bedroom, then visit the dormitory-style upper floor. (19:05)

We play The One by West Virginia group The Woodshedders, which comes to us from the Podsafe Music Network.

Julie visits some of the outbuildings on one side of the house, the Kitchen, Dairy, Well and Washhouse.(26:50)

We circumnavigate the house, visiting the boxwood garden, and the schoolhouse. (29:56)

We finish up our visit to Gunston Hall with a visit to the grave of George Mason.(33:00)

Our Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans and our walking music today was from Find Me by H. Logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia.

Check out the house and grounds in our Gunston Hall Photo Album.