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George Washington: The Trouble With Mama

Posted on September 11, 2023 by Feather Foster

Prof. Emeritus Peter Henriques says it perfectly: Complicated, Very Complicated GW: The Humiliation In 1781, General George Washington received a confidential letter from his old friend Benjamin Harrison V, then-Governor of Virginia. The Governor had quietly advised Washington, who at … Continue reading →

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George Washington’s Birthplace: Pope’s Creek 

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Feather Foster

Spoiler Alert: This site is a re-creation. Nevertheless… The Land Itself… Pope’s Creek, a beautifully situated tributary of the Potomac River in a still-rural and sparsely populated area of Westmoreland County, in Virginia’s Northern Neck, had been in the Washington … Continue reading →

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