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George Washington

A Walk Through Living History in Jefferson County

September 20, 2016 Tagged With: Charles Town, George Washington, Happy Retreat, Harewood, historic preservation

I met Mr. Washington about a week after Independence Day. Walter Washington, that is, not George. And the year was 2016 not 1776. But it was an odd feeling nonetheless; a brush with the closest thing that America has to a royal family Read the Full Story >>

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