Washingtons Pistols at the Army Museum in Virginia | FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A pair of silver-mounted holster pistols owned by Gen. George Washington are displayed at the National Museum of the United States Army, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2026. The museum occupies the North Post of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia, about 16 to 20 miles south of Washington, D.C. Washington kept four pairs of pistols at Mount Vernon at the time of his death on Dec. 14, 1799, and this pair passed by bequest to Martha Washington's grandson, George Washington Parke Custis. The flintlock pistols are on loan from the

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