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Washingtons Wakefield to Fredericksburg Mary Washington Memorial
Long article traces Mary Ball Washington’s life from Wakefield to Fredericksburg, noting her death August 25 1789 and burial near Betty Washington. It describes the cottage, Oratory rocks grave site, and the Mary Washington monument saga from 1830s to its 1894 dedication. It mentions Lafayette’s praise, Jackson’s cornerstone, and Burroughs funding issues.
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George Washington
Fredericksburg
Charles
Lewis
Washington
Virginia
Society For Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
R. C. Beale
Washingtons
Col
Burgess Ball
Baron von Steuben
Gov. St. Clair
Robert Lewis
Betty Washington Lewis
Col. Ball
Marye’s Heights
Oratory Rocks
Congress
Mother of Washington
Aaron Burr
Madison
England
Lafayette
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Mary Washington
Silas E. Burroughs
New York
Thomas Goodwin
Andrew Jackson
Burroughs
George Washington Ball
Epping Forest
Mary Washington Association
Harrison
Mary
United States of America
National
Mary Washington Memorial Association
Washington Monument
Capital