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Norm visits Mount Vernon, where he comes across a handsome cherry
candlestand in the third floor bedroom that Martha Washington took
after George died.
To see Martha Washington's bedroom, you'll have to talk to the
Ladies of Mount Vernon, who look after the first president's
mansion near the Potomac River. Although not officially on the tour
of Mount Vernon, the ladies agree to take Norm to parts of the old
house that the public rarely sees. In one such room, the third
floor bedroom that Martha took after George died, Norm comes across
a handsome cherry candlestand that sits near the bed. Upon further
inspection, he discovers that it is a diminutive, well-crafted
stand complete with a wooden "birdcage" element that allows the
tabletop to rotate and flip up for storage. Before he leaves Mount
Vernon, Norm works with a sawyer of historic wood, William Jewell,
to obtain some cherry (what else?) harvested from one of the
estate's fallen trees.