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Washington Birthday and the Revolutionary Era in Review
A historical panorama traces George Washington's life from birth on Pope's Creek to Mount Vernon, the Christmas crossing of the Delaware, and the birth of the republic. It notes Washington's influence on the capital's creation, the 1790 site act, and enduring likenesses from Stuart to the Lansdowne portrait with artifacts and commemorations shaping American memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Burr
Washington
Delawares
Moving Picture
Janice Meredith
Popes Creek
Washington Farm
Pope's Creek
Jim
Nathaniel Pope
John Washington
Anne Pope
Datane Brothers
Latanev
George Washington Parke Custis
Potomac
Northamptonshire
England
Virginia
Pope
Lawrence
Lawrence Washington
Augustanie
Georgie Washington
Augustine
Jane Butler
Butler
Jane Puller Woshington
Mary Badl
Lancaster County
Ballhomestead
Pping Forest
George Samuel
John Augustine
Charles
Miizabeth
Mildred
George
Mount Vernon
John F Wilson
Anne Arundel County
Maryland
John KE
Wilson
Betty Washington
William Augustine Washington
George Washington
Betty Washington Wilson
Latune Wilson
Ferry
Stafford County
Rappahannock
Fredericksburg
Wakefield
Ugo Buoncompagno
Pope Gregory Nit
Britain
America
Clowiddie
Ohio Valley
Julian Ealendar
Alexandria
Philadelphia
Diplomatic Corps
Congress
Cornwallis
New Jersey
Pennsytvania
Delaware
Bulf
Messians
Trenton
Ball
Cornwallia
Federal Hall
Wall Street
New York
John Marshall
Oliver Wolcott
Treasury
Samuel Dexter
Benjamin Studdert
Navy
White House
John Adams
Capitol
United States of America
Gilbert Stuart
Henry C. Frick
Walter L. Ehrick
Chicago Art Institute
Lansdowne
Stuart
Pierre Jean David
United States
France
Mitchell Kennerley
Anderson Galleries