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WEATHER town tried to im- TODAY’S NEWS prove on its record SPEAK OUT Saturday, but lit N.H. Town Outshined only 24,682 pump- THIS WEEK’S TOPIC kins. In This Boston Massacre To be fair, Bos- K Boston turned into one huge ton’s population is Favorite Lunch pumpkin patch on Saturday as res- about 570,000 Do school lunches sometimes idents of the Massachusetts city people, compared TODAY: Partly get boring? Tell us what your fa- lit 30,128 pumpkins on Boston with about 22,000 cloudy; windy. vorite midday meal is. Go to Common. That set a record for for Keene. www.kidspost.com and vote: the most jack-o’-lanterns lit in one About 100,000 BY LISA POOLE — ASSOCIATED PRESS HIGH LOW K What would you choose for place. Bostonians crowd- Boston lit 30,128 jack-o’-lanterns to set the record. lunch? “It’s fantastic,” said Jim Laugh- ed onto the Com- 53 39 A. Burger lin, a spokesman for a Boston com- mon to slice, scoop and sculpt lit than people who live here,” said B. Pizza pany that sponsored the event. pumpkins and to enjoy pumpkin Alan Davis, an organizer. TOMORROW: C. Salad The record of 28,952 lit pump- pie and pumpkin soup. The friendly competitions Mostly sunny; D. Sandwich kins had been held since 2003 by Keene did not go down without raised thousands of dollars for windy. High 57. E. Something else Keene, New Hampshire. That a fight. “We had more pumpkins charities. Low 39.

ILLUSTRATION BY LINDSEY GUION, 11, CHEVY CHASE WRITE KIDSPOST, THE WASHINGTON POST, 1150 15TH ST. NW, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20071. K E-MAIL US AT [email protected] K FAX US AT 202-496-3780. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME, AGE, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER. ISTOCK PHOTO That’s Him, By , Get a Makeover

If you have a $1 bill, you have a portrait of George Washington. He looks kind of grumpy, doesn’t he? Indeed, almost every image we have of our first president shows him as stern and old. There were no photographs in his day, and there are no painted portraits of him under the age of 40. So he remains, to us, a re- mote old man frozen in history. To unfreeze that image, the folks at Washington’s Mount Vernon es- tate in Fairfax County hired a detective named Jeffrey Schwartz. He’s actually a University of Pittsburgh anthropologist (someone who stud- ies people), and he headed a team whose job was to figure out what Washington looked like as a younger man. After two years of investigation, the results are in.

Beginning Friday, visitors to Mount features. The next step was to make Vernon will see two new faces of Wash- foam models. The heads were crafted ington on life-size models of him at ages from wax and given human hair. The 19 and 45. (A third figure shows him at bodies were made of plaster. age 57.) In contrast to his dollar-bill When he was 19 Washington worked portrait (at age 63), this Washington as a surveyor (someone who measures looks vigorous, dashing and definitely the land). The detectives decided that in charge. he had a slightly reddish complexion, Schwartz studied Washington’s fea- blue eyes, brown hair, a long nose, no fa- tures in the many paintings of him in his cial hair and a steady gaze. Almost 6 feet later years and sculptor Jean-Antoine 3, Washington had unusually long and Houdon’s well-known bust of Washing- elegant fingers. By age 20 he began los- ton at age 53. Schwartz also looked for ing his teeth. As one after another was clues in personal artifacts such as Wash- yanked, the distance between his chin ington’s famous ivory dentures. and nose decreased. Another specialist measured Wash- When the Revolutionary War started, ington’s clothes and told the detectives Washington was commander-in- of not only what size Washington was but the American forces. Like many middle- what his posture was like. aged men, he had put on a few pounds, The artists went to work. When they so the figure of Washington at age 45 had all the facts, the specialists made shows this. His nose is a little broader, 3-D computer models of Washington’s his chin has lost its definition, the eyes are a bit puffy and he is beginning to show some wrinkles. The seriousness of The model of his command gives him a sad appear- General ance. Washington at age 45 on his Washington became the first presi- horse, dent of the United States when he was Blueskin. 57. His face is much fuller now, his eyes sinking into the folds. His full head of hair is white. He stands straight and looks imposing. And unsmiling. In this last representation, Washing- ton is shown taking the oath of office. Visitors at the new education center will be able to place their hands on a replica Bible and hear the roar of the crowd. — Jacqueline Trescott

A Model Home A mansion — even a mini-mansion — takes a lot of work. It took five years, in fact, and more than 50 artists to create the miniature Mount Vernon that goes on display Friday at the real Mount Vernon.

PHOTOS BY DAYNA SMITH — THE WASHINGTON POST The scale on the mini is one inch to one foot, so if George Washington were The teenager of our country: George Washington as he looked as a 19-year-old surveyor, one of two new faces that greet Mount Vernon visitors. to walk through its front door, he’d be about six inches tall. Some mini-facts to oooh over: K The doorknobs turn, the windows The tiny working model of Mount open, the candles and fireplaces light up. Vernon took five years to create. K The dining room has more than 50 pieces of silverware, and its rug took more than 500 hours to needlepoint. K The tiny trunk in Washington’s study has his full signature etched on the nameplate, which is this long: — . K The blue-and-white china was painted using a mouse whisker.

STUDIO EIS The Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center shows how forensic science helped Steven Horak curls the human hair used for determine how Washington looked at earlier stages of his life. the model of President Washington at 57. In October 1777, during the Revolutionary War, General George Washington

returned the British commander-in-chief’s dog, which had been captured

K Read more about Mount Vernon’s new museum on A1 and in today’s Style section. by American troops. How gentlemanly!

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