Washington • The pitch is nothing if not ambitious: A multimillion-dollar museum, featuring a replica of Mount Vernon, devoted to President George Washington, opening in Utah in eight years, on the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
“A Mount Vernon of the Rockies,” proclaimed Eric Dowdle, founder and chairman of the board of the George Washington Museum of American History, which plans to open in 2026 and is currently set to be located in Highland.
Unveiling the plans for the museum, which Dowdle estimates will cost about $70 million to build, he said Thursday that it will “tell America’s history” and “celebrate what’s so readily available in the East and bring it to the West.