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Birthplace myth and Wakefield site clarified by Paullin study
Carnegie Institution historian Dr Charles Paullin presents contemporaneous records that pin George Washington birth on the Popes Creek site near Wakefield Virginia, disputing earlier Bridges Creek location. The Wakefield project, aided by Rockefeller funds, culminated in a George Washington Birthplace National Monument administered by the National Park Service.
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George Washington
Washington
Julius Caesar
Augustus Caesar
Gregory XVIII
Great Britain
England
Virginia
North America
Washington, D. C
Josephine Wheelwright Rust
John Washington
Wakefield National Memorial Association
Wakefield
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
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Augustine Washington
Charles C. Paullin
Division of Historical Research
Carnegie Institution of Washington
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Carnegie Institution
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Anderson
Lawrence
Potomac Somé-Niles
Joseph Abbington
Popes Creek
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Lawrence Butler
George Eskridge
Joseph Abington
Peninsula
Hunting Creek
Mount Vernon
Prince William County
Strother
Fredericksburg
Westmoreland County
Potomac River
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Col. Augustine
House of Burgesses
Anne (Aylett) Washington
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William Suesetine
Washingtons
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
John I. Wilson
Anne Arundel County
Maryland
John E. Wilson
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William Augustine Washington
George Corbin Washington
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William
Great Quarter
General Washington
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Custis
William M. Evarts
W. 7. Sherman
Charles €. Perkins
Boston
U. S. S. Tallapoosa
Sherman
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