Before the days of pumpkin spice lattes and ghost-shaped Peeps, people were still consuming seasonal autumn foods, if perhaps in a less commercial form.
Mount Vernon reflects the changing of the season by placing appropriate food and accoutrements throughout George Washington's house. Fall was a great time for hunting, so game such as hare and duck would have abounded on the Mount Vernon table. It's also the correct season to take the mosquito nets off of beds and replace them with heat-trapping canopy covers. Check out all the seasonal changes going on chez Washington in GW Wired's newest online video series installment.
Filmed and produced by Becca Milfeld. Music by David and Ginger Hildebrand.
