CONTENTS Visiting Mount Vernon, 1860-2010 / Stephen A. McLeod The vice regents : "ladies, the home of Washington is in your charge!" / Stephen A. McLeod The regents : "sister laborers-- whose hearts have been-- single unto their patriotic work" / Stephen A. McLeod and Mary V. Thompson The early years of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association : "a mite from their hard earnings cheerfully given" / Mary V. Thompson Years of preserving and restoring Mount Vernon : "restored as nearly as possible to General Washington's days" / Dennis J. Pogue Bringing them home : building the Mount Vernon collection / Emily D. Shapiro and Laura B. Simo In pursuit of authenticity : furnishing George Washington's Mount Vernon, 1860-2010 / Carol Borchert Cadou Restoring the gardens and landscapes at Mount Vernon / "Let one spot in this grand country of ours be saved from 'change!'" / J. Dean Norton.