No undertaking is more important to the remembrance of George Washington and his leadership of the Revolution than Ann Pamela Cunningham’s organizing the effort to acquire, restore and preserve Mt. Vernon. In a time of national turmoil in the 1850’s, how did a 37 year old, semi-invalid, single woman from rural South Carolina do it? Her use of the public veneration of George Washington is part of that story, in addition to her own amazing qualities.
Ann Pamela Cunningham: The Preservation of Mt. Vernon and the Veneration of George Washington
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