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Thursday, July 14, 2022
“I accompanied young Custis to Mount Vernon”
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In sharing his story about hearing George Washington threaten to lead “Virginia riflemen” against the king’s troops in 1773, Benjamin Gall...
Monday, July 11, 2022
“A deathlike silence to Col. Washington”
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Yesterday I quoted a letter that appeared in the Washington Republican newspaper in September 1822, describing a conversation at Mount Ver...
Sunday, July 10, 2022
“He had never seen the master of Mount Vernon so displeased”
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Last month I addressed the idea that George Washington attended fireworks in celebration of the second anniversary of the Gaspee attack ...
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