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[[Image:Stuart Portrait of Martha Washington.jpg|thumb|left|Portrait of Martha Washington by [[Gilbert Stuart]].]]

[[Image:Stuart Portrait of Martha Washington.jpg|thumb|left|Portrait of Martha Washington by [[Gilbert Stuart]].]]

==Back home at Mount Vernon==

==Post-presidential life at Mount Vernon==

The Washingtons returned to their home at Mount Vernon on March 15, 1797. George Washington died on December 14, 1799 and Martha passed away on May 22, 1802. They are both buried at Mount Vernon. <ref name="history"/>

The Washingtons returned to their home at Mount Vernon on March 15, 1797. Martha confided to an old friend, "I cannot tell you, My dear friend, how much I enjoy home after having been deprived of one so long, for our dwelling in New York and Philadelphia was not home, only a sojourning. The General and I feel like children just released from school or from a hard taskmaster, and we believe that nothing can tempt us to leave the sacred roof-tree again, except on private business or pleasure."<ref name="retirement">[http://marthawashington.us/exhibits/show/martha-washington--a-life/the-1790s/retirement Retirement]</ref> President [[John Adams]] appointed Washington to be Commander-in-Chief of the Provisional Army on May 3, 1798, due to  rising tensions between the U.S. and France. War was avoided, however, and Washington was able to remain at Mount Vernon.<ref name="retirement"/>

 

George Washington died on December 14, 1799. Martha closed up their bedroom at Mount Vernon, moving into a third-floor bedroom, and would appear in public in full mourning.<ref>[http://marthawashington.us/exhibits/show/martha-washington--a-life/the-twilight-years/deaths]</ref> Her health began to fail, and Martha passed away on May 22, 1802. They are both buried at Mount Vernon.<ref name="history"/>

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== See also ==

== See also ==